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CareOregon Advantage confirmed a data breach March 16 affecting 10,467 past and current members.

  From major wins in the courtroom to an expansion of its Minnesota campus, here are five recent headlines about UnitedHealth Group:

Medicare's hospice regulations are not working as intended for many people with dementia, a Rutgers University sociologist told the Washington Post in a March 26 article. 

Free COVID-19 testing options are starting to disappear for Americans without health insurance after federal funding has run out, according to ABC News.

The Confidentiality Coalition and the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange penned a letter March 24 to HHS and the U.S. Commerce Department, urging better protections for patient health data on third-party applications. 

5 payer data breaches over the last 6 months: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas: Subcontractor Morley Companies reported a data breach March 24 that affected about 2,800 BCBS of Kansas members. No Social Security or financial information was…

The National Committee for Quality Assurance honored Centene with the Innovation Award for Health Equity.

The vast majority of Americans are satisfied with their supplemental health insurance plans that help pay for critical medical expenses, according to a survey released March 24 by America's Health Insurance Plans.

Value-based care and risk models are expected to grow significantly by 2025, according to a March 24 report from management consulting firm McKinsey & Company.

Less than half of Americans rate the quality of their healthcare as good, and two-thirds believe incivility is an issue in healthcare today, according to a Beryl Institute-Ipsos patient experience survey released March 24.