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Walgreens Health is partnering with Buckeye Health Plan to expand its Health Corners service to Medicaid members in five Ohio locations this summer.  

Express Scripts' $25 insulin cap program has slashed patient cost-sharing in half and improved diabetes treatment adherence, according to a new study published June 16 by Cigna health services subsidiary Evernorth.

Health plan e-commerce site GetInsured will lead New Mexico's health insurance exchange BeWellnm as it looks for a new CEO. 

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation June 15 that requires payers to cover continuous glucose monitors for diabetes patients beginning in 2024.

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield is offering a plan through a Connecticut program that offers free healthcare coverage. 

CMS approved Maine, Minnesota, New Mexico and Washington D.C.'s proposals to expand Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program postpartum coverage from 60 days to 12 months. 

Citing a plan to adopt a more "modern, flexible work environment," Centene said June 17 it is planning to reduce its real estate footprint by 65 percent. 

Seven payers were named June 16 in Points of Light's 10th annual "Civic 50 honorees," a national standard for corporate citizenship and how companies use their time, skills and resources to drive social impact in their communities and company. 

The Commonwealth Fund released its "2022 Scorecard on State Health System Performance" on June 16 to examine how well each state's healthcare system performed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis included health insurance coverage rates in each state in 2020.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is partnering with San Francisco-based Castlight Health to launch a new health, wellness and care navigation solution for commercial health plan members, beginning Jan. 1.