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Truli for Health, a Florida Blue affiliate, is launching as a new health maintenance organization in collaboration with Pensacola, Fla.-based Baptist Health Care. 

A new Sept. 21 Kaiser Family Foundation report provides a backdrop for congressional conversations on expanding Medicare benefits to include dental, vision and hearing. 

A new HHS Office of Inspector General report details that 20 insurers received about half of a $9.2 billion pool of suspicious Medicare payments made over the course of a year. 

In an effort to combat bias in healthcare, Blue Shield of California is teaming up with tennis champion and activist Venus Williams on a new campaign titled "Hear Me."

The Washington, D.C., branch of the NAACP and the Health Alliance Network filed a complaint to the HHS Office for Civil Rights regarding tension between MedStar Health, insurers and government. 

Pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts is launching a new feature for its 70 million users to record, review and show proof of COVID-19 vaccination in-app. 

Kaiser Permanente is facing backlash for how its insurance plans cover mental healthcare, receiving complaints from members, therapists and the American Psychological Association, according to NBC 7 San Diego. 

Cigna renewed its contract with Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health, maintaining that the system's 17 hospitals and 500 facilities remain in-network for members.

Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare partnered to launch Preferred Blue Option, a new preferred provider organization. 

Mary Hsieh, PharmD, will be helming Mass Advantage as its first CEO, UMass Memorial Health Care announced Sept. 20.