Payer

Health insurer lobby and trade group America's Health Insurance Plans submitted comments April 11 on the CDC's proposed updates to opioid-prescribing guidelines. 

From a $200 million loss in court to potential class actions, here are five recent moves around lawsuits involving payers:

A federal judge in Missouri sided with Anthem on March 30 after an employee sued the payer for alleged harassment, retaliation and discrimination based on her race, age and disability.

Sidecar Health is launching a group health plan for fully insured employers in Ohio that includes health savings account-compatible options.

A UnitedHealth subsidiary must pay $200 million to the family of a now-deceased Las Vegas man who was denied coverage of a lung cancer therapy treatment, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Ten providers — including Denver Health, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and University of Chicago Medicine — recently posted job listings seeking leaders in payer contracting and relations.

Three health insurance companies were named to Fortune's "100 Best Companies to Work For" list in 2022. 

Oregon officials have created a task force aiming to keep insurance for tens of thousands of state residents who could lose Medicaid coverage when the federal health emergency ends, according to the Oregon Capital Chronicle.  

Sunshine State Health Plan, a subsidiary of Centene based in Tampa, Fla., must pay a $9.1 million fine after the deadline to challenge it lapsed, according to WTSP.

The Colorado Division of Insurance has fined Bright Health $1 million after the regulator said it received more than 100 consumer and healthcare provider complaints since 2021 that indicated systemic operational problems.