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UnitedHealth Group is investing $100 million to build affordable housing, starting in Georgia, North Carolina and Oregon, with additional locations to be named in the coming months, the healthcare company said last week. 

A Connecticut medical practice is suing Centene for allegedly violating state and federal law by failing to reimburse it for COVID-19 testing services.

Maine Medical Center's plan to leave Anthem's insurance network in January could cause a significant disruption to the state's health insurance markets and has spurred an investigation into the payer's payment practices, according to the Portland Press Herald.

The Pennsylvania Insurance Department has ended a 1969 ban on payers collecting race and ethnicity data from members.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation April 8 that bans payers from altering health coverage policies of organ donors, according to WFLA.

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association has named Erin Barney as vice president of network solutions, effective immediately.

The CMS decision to limit coverage of a controversial new Alzheimer's drug was a "triumph of the scientific process," Arthur Caplan, PhD, who directs the medical ethics division of NYU Grossman's School of Medicine, said in an April 10 Washington…

Djinge Lindsay, MD, is the new and first director of public health at Baltimore-based CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. She spoke with Becker's about how she wants to leverage member data and industry relationships to achieve better health outcomes for the people…

The way that CMS pays for radiation therapy treatments has been delayed once more after the federal agency proposed a new rule April 6.

The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled April 7 that Centene shareholders cannot sue the payer or its directors for allegedly withholding information about its 2016 purchase of Health Net for $6.8 billion, according to Law360.