Payer

"From Payor to Healthcare Partner," a paper published by KPMG earlier this week, discusses pandemic-driven trends and issues facing health plans.

A bill that would have allowed people in Kansas to buy short-term health plans for two additional years was vetoed by the state's governor May 20.

A six-month contract impasse between New York City-based Montefiore Medical Center and UnitedHealthcare still is affecting tens of thousands of patients, according to City Limits.

Although lowering the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 60 could provide an additional 24.5 million individuals with coverage, the expansion could make premiums less affordable for some, an Avalere study found.

The federal and California labor departments are urging a federal appeals court to uphold a court order against UnitedHealth Group that requires the payer to reprocess 67,000 claims after it denied mental health and substance abuse coverage to members, according…

Three Missouri plaintiffs filed a lawsuit Thursday to enforce Medicaid expansion in the state, according to a May 20 statement from The Fairness Project.

In-home medical care provider DispatchHealth announced a partnership with Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based health system AdventHealth to expand in-home medical visits to Florida cities and the Kansas City metro area.

Black women under the age of 24 are more likely to experience complications in childbirth than white women over the age of 35, according to new data from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.

UnitedHealthcare has launched Community Catalyst, an initiative that convenes a variety of community stakeholders to address healthcare issues within populations that have been otherwise difficult to reach.

The newly combined Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care named Cain Hayes its new CEO, effective July 5.