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CMS released the Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2023 Final Rule April 28, with changes aiming to make ACA coverage more accessible and affordable. 

A report from the HHS Office of the Inspector General released April 27 found Medicare Advantage Organizations sometimes delayed or denied enrollees' access to services even though the request met Medicare coverage rules. 

Providence Health Plan is looking to hire a chief information officer in California, Oregon or Washington, according to recent job postings.

Twenty-one percent of Americans have a mental health issue, but only 11 percent have received mental healthcare this year, while 11 percent of those with mental illness have not.

Mississipians enrolled in UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage plans will have long-term access to all University of Mississippi Medical Center facilities and providers for the first time, effective June 1. 

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies released a paper April 27 calling on the healthcare system to develop and adopt national industry standards for demographic data collection to address health inequities.

Gov. Gavin Newsom's commission on the feasibility of a single-payer healthcare system in California released its final report April 25, but it leaves more questions than answers, according to CalMatters.

From its founder retiring from the board of directors, to it quietly acquiring two independent primary care groups in Oregon, here are five recent headlines involving UnitedHealth:

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mississippi and University of Mississippi Medical Center have agreed to use mediation to settle their contract dispute, Mississippi Today reported April 27. 

Health insurer lobby and trade group America's Health Insurance Plans is calling on Congress to permanently extend ACA premium subsidies included with federal coronavirus relief that are set to expire at the end of the year.