Payer

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.  

Ten providers —  including Northwestern Medicine and St. Charles Health —  recently posted job listings seeking leaders in payer contracting and relations.

Molina Healthcare of Iowa named Tim Gutshall, MD, chief medical officer April 25. 

Since 2010, 23 states have introduced a total of 49 bills to create a public health plan option within their respective marketplaces, according to a March report from the Harvard Journal on Legislation.

CMS sent a letter to Texas' Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program director April 22 to say that it would no longer work to rescind an extension of a Texas Medicaid waiver.

CMS proposed a rule change April 22 it said would eliminate delays in Medicare coverage and extend coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for certain beneficiaries.

The Kaiser Family Foundation calculated monthly average ACA marketplace benchmark premiums per state in 2022. The national average is $438.