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Centene pulled in over $37 billion in revenue in the first quarter and added nearly 2 million members, according to the company's earnings report released April 26.

Financial records show for-profit Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mississippi has accumulated a surplus significantly larger than what regulators require to protect consumers, according to Mississippi Today. 

From contract disputes over reimbursement rates to the largest fine in Georgia's history, here are nine recent headlines about Blue Cross Blue Shield companies:

Blue Care Network has launched a precision medicine program called Blue Cross Personalized Medicine that will use pharmacogenomics to personalize and tailor medication treatments for members.

Optum will be responsible for a quarter of all health tech startup acquisitions this year, according to Venrock's "2022 Healthcare Prognosis" survey.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is partnering with Nashville, Tenn.-based Honest Medical Group for a venture they say will ease physicians' transition to value-based care for Medicare and Medicare Advantage patients. 

Fewer people lost postpartum health coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to 2019, according to a study from Brown University researchers.

SafetyWing has raised $35 million in a series B funding round to grow its health plan that offers coverage to remote employees without geographic limits, according to Grit Daily.

The Illinois General Assembly has passed legislation that expands Medicaid coverage to midwife services and to noncitizen residents ages 42 and older.

  Forty-two Democrats in Congress are calling on the Biden administration to toss short-term health plans they say pose financial risks to consumers.