Payer

Point32Health announced a pair of appointments Nov. 30, naming Peter Church as chief people officer and Phil Barr as president of government and commercial markets.

UnitedHealthcare announced a new Arizona health plan, Doctors Plan of Arizona, which it claims can save members up to 15 percent on premiums compared to traditional PPOs. 

UnitedHealth Group announced a 2035 deadline to be carbon neutral during its annual Investor Conference, as well as a goal to go paperless for patients and providers. 

As the uninsured rate among children begins to increase over the last several years, President Joe Biden's Build Back Better Act could play a crucial role in reversing the trend. 

Erlanger Health System is suing the state's Medicaid program, TennCare, over claims that the program is choosing to give profits to insurers over health systems.

Independence Blue Cross has both extended its contract with Penn Medicine and broadened it to develop new value-based programs.

The jury ruling on a Nevada lawsuit between TeamHealth and UnitedHealthcare sided against the payer in a Nov. 29 decision. 

UnitedHealth Group shared its updated 2021 outlook and its anticipated 2022 outlook ahead of the payer's annual Investor Conference on Nov. 30. 

Continuing to use fee-for-service care for Medicaid and dual-eligible recipients could cost the federal government upwards of $4.4 trillion over the next 10 years, according to a UnitedHealth Group report. 

Florida lawmakers are stirring up bipartisan support to expand KidCare, the state's subsidized child healthcare program, for the first time since 2012.