Payer

Erik Helms is about one week into his new position as chief payer performance officer at Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health. The role is the first of its kind for the health system. 

Here are seven recent lawsuits involving commercial payers.

The Cigna and Oscar Health partnership, Cigna + Oscar, has expanded its small business health coverage in Connecticut.

Data from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows the District of Columbia and Missouri have the largest populations of uninsured residents eligible for Medicaid or other public coverage.

Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare and Highmark Health announced a 10-year joint venture April 21. Here are five things to know:

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association announced a five-year goal to reduce racial disparities in maternal health by 50 percent. The goal is part of the payer's National Health Equity Strategy, an initiative to expand healthcare access to disenfranchised populations.

Anthem recorded a higher profit in the first quarter of fiscal year 2021 than the year prior, thanks in part to growth in its government businesses.

Oscar Health now has a technology platform called +Oscar, the health insurance startup said April 20.

A Connecticut physician practice suing Cigna over COVID-19 payments exploited a national health emergency and overcharged insurers for diagnostic tests, Cigna claimed in recent court filings.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is launching a variety of partnerships and programs to assist the "10th hungriest state" in the U.S.