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Here are seven health insurance executives who made transitions this month:

Medicare members could face barriers to accessing Biogen's new Alzheimer's drug, Aduhelm, due to the treatment's high cost.

A Texas jury ruled in favor of emergency room physicians over Molina Healthcare after a battle over unpaid emergency room wages. 

A bill proposed this spring, titled the Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act of 2021, signals a bipartisan effort to expand Medicare Part D coverage to cover copays for vaccinations.

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island is piloting a new payment model between primary care providers and behavioral health practitioners to encourage "quality and cost efficiency," according to a June 28 news release.

Missouri senators voted against a proposed amendment that would ban Planned Parenthood as a Medicaid provider.

Oregon senators passed a bill June 26 that would make undocumented immigrants in the state eligible for Medicaid.

UnitedHealthcare is the target of a class-action lawsuit over its policies, which members claim make it difficult for them to receive deep inferior epigastric perforator flap breast reconstruction surgery. 

Massachusetts' Health Policy Commission outlined new details about OptumCare's acquisition of physicians group Atrius Health. 

Humana announced June 28 that interim CFO Susan Diamond would be stepping into the position permanently.