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Humana announced June 23 that it would more than double its roster of Neighborhood Centers in North Carolina, as well as add a new contact center to its ranks.

Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine obtained Independence Blue Cross clinical care innovation grants for three projects that aim to improve patient health and wellbeing.

Humana will no longer deny coverage of PET/CT imaging procedures for cardiac and some neurological conditions, according to a June 21 news release from the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 

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Five Blue Cross Blue Shield plans are funding and collaborating with Evio, a Denver-based pharmacy solutions startup, to track the effectiveness of various drugs across their nearly 20 million members, the startup announced June 22. 

Centene Corp. is nearing the completion of the first of two construction phases for its East Coast headquarters, set to be initially operational in 2022. The insurer shared additional details on the planned Charlotte, N.C.-based facility during its June 21…

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a bid from three private health insurers claiming they were owed millions of dollars by the federal government for each year they did not receive reimbursements under the Affordable Care Act, NBC News…

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