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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts announced it is expediting care access for members affected by tropical storm Elsa.

HealthPartners UnityPoint Health will offer fully insured health coverage to Iowa businesses with fewer than 50 employees, a July 12 news release said.

The Kaiser Family Foundation estimates that Aduhelm will inflict significant costs on Medicaid as it covers the Alzheimer's treatment. 

The Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner is receiving pushback after enacting new rules on audio-only telehealth reimbursement. 

The House of Representatives appropriations committee removed two amendments from a funding bill that would allow federally backed programs, including Medicaid, to fund abortions, according to The Washington Post. 

Anthem will provide a grant to behavioral health platform Motivo to expand access to counseling services throughout Kentucky.

Cigna has tapped Bonnie Evelyn to be market president of its Georgia and Alabama health plans. 

Health insurer Humana quietly funded 40 of Iora Health's 47 primary care clinics, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission registration statement obtained by Business Insider.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma and Tulsa, Okla.-based Saint Francis Health System are both reportedly ready to renew their contract, but still sit in their transition period without a new agreement. 

A Florida physician pleaded guilty and was convicted for defrauding Cigna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Humana out of over $17 million.