Payer

Following the Supreme Court's June 24 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, payers across the nation issued responses that ranged from total denouncement of the decision to commitments to support employee access to abortion services.

Top White House officials told private insurers to take immediate steps to ensure they are complying with no-cost contraceptive coverage options required in the ACA. 

Cigna is planning to renovate a 153,462-square-foot data center in Windsor, Conn., at a cost of $386 million, according to the Hartford Business Journal.

Healthcare deals have declined in 2022 across all sectors compared to last year, but signs of improvement exist, according to a PwC report published June 22.  

Missouri will not take up CMS' offer to allow state Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program plans to provide postpartum care for up to one year after birth, the Kansas City Beacon reported June 25.

Arvada, Colo.-based Hue Health is launching a direct primary care health plan with Phoenix-based Banner Health in northern Colorado. 

Health insurance coverage of abortion was limited when Roe v. Wade was in effect and will become more limited now that the Supreme Court has overturned the case, CNBC reported June 27. 

Payers in New York are seeking higher premium rate increases for 2023, citing inflation and ongoing costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Journal News reported June 21.  

DocGo is working with L.A. Care Health Plan to bring its mobile health services to Medicare and Medicaid members in Los Angeles.

NiceRx collected health insurance data from ValuePenguin and compared it to the annual personal income in each state to determine which states' residents spend the largest proportion of their salaries on health insurance costs.