Payer

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.

HHS said premiums will skyrocket if Congress does not extend the subsidies for federal and state marketplace insurance plans included with federal coronavirus relief that are set to expire at the end of the year. 

HHS has approved Colorado's plan to launch a state-sponsored health plan on the ACA marketplace that payers will be required to sell at a lower cost.

Walmart is expanding access to doula services for employees on a company medical plan in Louisiana, Indiana and Illinois.

An audit has found that payers operating in Oregon are not following a state law that requires coverage of reproductive health services, according to the Oregon Capital Chronicle.

Here are some of the ways Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Florida Blue get information to their non-English-speaking members:

The man referred to as the father of the HMO, Paul Ellwood Jr., MD, has died at 95, the New York Times reported June 22. 

Here are 10 recent legal actions involving payers: