Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois is adding Lisle, Ill.-based Amita Health's Cook County providers to its Blue FocusCare ACA network, doubling the network's size.
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UnitedHealth Group has its sights set on development through executive hires, sustainability initiatives and financial goals.
Centene announced Dec. 14 that it will add a total of five new members to its board of directors, with four appointees already named and the fifth yet to be announced.
Ten providers recently posted job listings seeking leaders to help payer contracting and relations.
Provisions outlined in President Joe Biden's Build Back Better Act could reduce employer-sponsored premiums by 1.1 percent on average annually, totaling $111 billion in savings over the next 10 years, according to a Dec. 9 Urban Institute analysis.
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The Defense Department issued Optum a $172 million contract modification for its indefinite-delivery bridge contract, according to a Dec. 13 news release.
Managed care organizations are being asked to prioritize social determinants of health through state Medicaid contracts, according to a Together for Better Medicaid report shared with Becker's.
Centene CEO Michael Neidorff is retiring in 2022, ending a 25-year tenure leading the company.
Vermont's Department of Financial Regulation issued an emergency rule Dec. 8 that requires payers to fully cover over-the-counter COVID-19 antigen tests without cost-sharing, according to The Center Square.
Artificial intelligence is woven across Humana, from finding value to training employees, Slawek Kierner, Humana's chief data and analytics officer, said during an AI Summit panel discussion, according to InformationWeek.