Payer

From providing health coverage for 48.4 million people as the largest payer in the country to reaching 127 million individuals through health services and provider solutions, here are 20 things to know about UnitedHealth Group. 

Morgan County, Ill., is the second organization to drop Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois as its employee benefits provider after the payer declined to renew its network agreement with Springfield (Ill.) Clinic, according to WLDS-WEAI. 

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson received federal approval to begin its Medicaid expansion redesign, dubbed ARHOME.

Here are 20 things to know about Centene, the largest Medicaid managed care organization in the country.

Cigna has reached a multiyear agreement with Spartanburg (S.C.) Regional Healthcare System that provides Cigna members with in-network access to the provider's six hospital campuses and 600 physicians across the Carolinas.

MVP Health Care is partnering with BioReference Laboratories to offer at-home COVID-19 PRC testing, bloodwork and other diagnostics, the payer announced Dec. 20. 

A New York judge ruled on the future of New York City's controversial retiree Medicare contract after its rollout was put in limbo. At the same time, payers are working to lock in network contracts for the new year. 

Health Care Service Corporation's Texas arm paid the most out of any insurer in medical loss ratio rebates for the 2020 reporting year at nearly $199 million, according to data from CMS. 

Payers have provided about 9.8 million members with nearly $2 billion in premium rebates for the 2020 coverage year, according to CMS. 

AmeriHealth Caritas named Jim Gartner president of its pharmacy benefit manager, Perform Rx.