Payer

Pamela Shipley was named Kaiser Permanente's regional president of Georgia, the payer announced Jan. 6. 

Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield named Cindy Langston as its senior vice president and CIO, making her the first woman to hold the position.

Humana is nearly halving its 2022 estimates for Medicare Advantage enrollment to reflect "higher than anticipated" terminations during the last enrollment period, according to a Jan. 6 SEC filing.

Georgia lawmakers are poised to unveil a behavioral health bill that would, in part, address the state's lacking enforcement of mental health parity, according to Georgia Public Broadcasting.

Loretta Weinberg, New Jersey's state Senate majority leader, will leave office early to join Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield's board of directors, sources told NJ.com for a Jan. 5 report. 

Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Priority Health, the third-largest provider-sponsored health plan in the U.S., partnered with Epic's payer platform to allow real-time exchange for patient health information. 

Payers should brace for an increase in joint pain, cardiomyopathy and diabetes-related claims throughout 2022, according to a report from health insights company Prealize. 

Centene has appointed Jim Murray as its chief transformation officer to lead both the payer's new Value Creation Office and its advanced behavioral health division.

Boston-based eternalHealth is looking to bring a lean, tech-forward approach to the health plan landscape as Massachusetts' newest Medicare Advantage insurer since 2013.

Managed care company Paramount Advantage said it will end its legal dispute over Ohio's $22 billion Medicaid bidding process if the state approves a deal for Anthem to buy the payer's state contract, according to the Ohio Capital Journal.