Jay Meyers, former chief growth and marketing officer for Anthem's Diversified Business Group, is joining mental health platform Quartet Health as its chief growth officer, according to a Jan. 13 news release.
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Ten providers — including U.S. Anesthesia Partners, St. Luke's University Health network and Children's Wisconsin — recently posted job listings seeking leaders to help payer contracting and relations.
Worcester, Mass.-based payer Fallon Health is covering at-home COVID-19 tests for its Medicare members in a move to extend coverage beyond upcoming federal requirements, according to a Jan. 13 news release shared with Becker's.
From Anthem's effort to overturn a court order affecting 400,000 patients to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee being sued over firing an unvaccinated employee, here are seven recent legal disputes and settlements, as reported by Becker's.
California is the latest state to sue The Aliera Companies and its owners, the Moses family, alleging they denied members' medical claims through cost-sharing ministries while pocketing the majority of their premiums, according to a Jan. 12 lawsuit.
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A partnership between Optum and genomic sequencing technology company Illumina is aiming to improve the safety and efficiency of human genome-based tests for disease detection and treatment, according to a Jan. 12 news release.
Patients being left at home or injured by their Medicaid transportation benefits is "a national challenge," Matt Salo, executive director of the National Association of Medicaid Directors, told Kaiser Health News.
Blue Health Intelligence, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association's data analysis licensee, named Mayur Yermaneni as its chief strategy and growth officer, according to a Jan. 12 news release.
Huntington Beach, Calif.-based behavioral healthcare provider D'Amore Healthcare is joining UnitedHealth Group's provider network, effective Jan. 15, according to a Jan. 13 news release.
In 37 states, 10 percent or more of workers' median income goes toward health insurance premiums and deductibles, a Jan. 12 analysis by the Commonwealth Fund found.