A Missouri judge denied efforts to expand Medicaid, citing that the ballot initiative did not propose any methods of paying for it, according to the St. Louis Post Dispatch June 23.
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois has selected three early-stage startups to participate in its Innovation Accelerator Program, an initiative focused on furthering virtual and home healthcare developments in the wake of COVID-19.
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.
State-based insurance marketplaces are now eligible for $20 million in new grant money from the CMS to modernize their systems, programs and technology.
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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.
UnitedHealth Group has invited its 330,000 employees to return to the company's offices.
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.
Cigna's 14 million behavioral health customers will have access to telepsychiatry platform Brightside.
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…