Payer

UnitedHealthcare is among the payers involved in a legal battle over New York City's decision to shift retirees' healthcare coverage off of Medicare and onto a new contract with Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield and EmblemHealth's joint venture, the Alliance.

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association has named Katie Wilson McBreen its new vice president of communications.

The average premium for 2022 Medicare Advantage plans will be down to $19 per month from $21.22 in 2021, CMS said in a Sept. 29 news release to share information ahead of the 2022 open enrollment period. 

Humana and Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center signed an agreement to bring the state's only academic health science center into the insurer's network. 

Oklahoma teachers and state employees covered by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma will see a premium increase of up to 140 percent, but parties are saying they can't justify the price hike.

Humana settled a lawsuit in a Wisconsin district court Sept. 27, paying out over $11 million to clinical nurse advisers who were allegedly erroneously exempt from overtime pay. 

The American Medical Association published its annual report on the state of health insurance competition Sept. 28. 

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont and a family nurse practitioner from the state played key roles in new food insecurity diagnostic codes going into effect Oct. 1. 

AmeriHealth Caritas is launching a subsidiary focused on solutions to social determinants of health, dubbed Social Determinants of Life, Inc., AmeriHealth Caritas announced Sept. 28. 

The Organization of Public Service Retirees, which includes over 4,000 retired New York City public servants, is suing the city over its recent Medicare contract with Alliance.