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The National Association of Medicaid Directors released a report, "Medicaid Forward: Children's Health," that highlights emerging data on challenges facing children in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and opportunities for assistance from Medicaid leaders. Here are six things to…

Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield announced plans to offer Medicare Advantage options to Iowa and South Dakota residents during the annual enrollment period this fall.

A new law in Louisiana will bar health insurers from implementing a pharmacy policy known as "white bagging." 

Twenty people have been charged in connection with a Medicaid fraud scheme at an Ohio nonprofit healthcare company, according to the Akron Beacon Journal.

UnitedHealth Group and Humana announced the appointments of Joy Fitzgerald and Carolyn Tandy, respectively, to their leadership teams. Both executives will focus on equity and inclusion efforts at the payers.

Hospitals and physicians are condemning a new UnitedHealthcare policy under which the insurer may retroactively deny some emergency department claims.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said he would be forced to make Medicaid budget cuts in July if lawmakers didn't agree to renew a critical healthcare provider tax, according to The Kansas City Star June 7.

Several employers in Colorado signed an agreement June 8 to directly contract with specific hospitals and freestanding outpatient centers in the state.

With Biogen gaining FDA approval for its Alzheimer's drug, aducanumab, questions have started to swirl around how health insurers will cover the $56,000-a-year treatment.

OptumCare is the direct patient care segment of UnitedHealth giant Optum. Here are four things to know: