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Eighty-two percent of Americans prepared to enroll in a health plan ahead of 2021's open enrollment period, an all-time high for UnitedHealthcare's Consumer Sentiment Survey.

Payers approached plan affordability in a plethora of ways throughout 2022, including finding ways to reduce premiums by upwards of 10 percent, according to a Nov. 10 report from the  Alliance of Community Health Plans. 

A recently unsealed whistleblower lawsuit out of Philadelphia accuses Aetna of assigning children under Medicaid to providers who were dead, out of state or did not specialize in pediatrics.

Clover Health boasted a 153 percent jump in revenue in 2021's third quarter, but could convert that growth into positive income, according to its Nov. 8 earnings report. 

Evernorth subsidiary Express Scripts is offering health plans and employers the ability to cover over-the-counter COVID-19 tests.

Anthem is moving to acquire Integra Managed Care, a New York-based, managed long-term care plan.

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee selected The University of Tennessee Medical Center and University Physicians' Association to serve as the backbone of Blue Network L as it expands to Knoxville in 2022.

Molina Healthcare announced Nov. 9 that Jack Stephenson will be serving as its New York plan president.

Anthem and Atlanta-based Northside Hospital System are reviewing an in-network contract that affects 400,000 patients, but a deadline is still looming as an agreement has yet to be reached, WSB-TV reported Nov. 8. 

Bright HealthCare is launching new in-home care offerings for some members through a partnership with MedArrive.