Aetna joined a growing number of payers updating their coverage policies to include noninvasive prenatal testing for all pregnancies, according to GenomeWeb.
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The Supreme Court will decide if Medicaid work requirements supported by the White House should be upheld, according to The New York Times.
As more Americans age into eligibility for Medicare, for-profit Medicare Advantage health plans are growing their enrollment much quicker than their nonprofit counterparts, according to a new report from The Chartis Group, a healthcare advisory group.
St. Luke's Health Partners, a 3,400-member provider group affiliated with St. Luke's Health System in Boise, Idaho, struck a value-based payment arrangement with Humana, the organizations said Dec. 2.
Humana will acquire full ownership of iCare, a Wisconsin Medicaid health plan, the insurer said Dec. 3.
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UnitedHealth Group is working with Eli Lilly on a clinical trial that will study at-home infusions of the drugmaker's COVID-19 antibody treatment.
A new Cigna policy that limits coverage for hospital-based MRI and CT scans could have a "profoundly negative" effect on children and adolescents who require advanced outpatient imaging, radiologist groups wrote in a Nov. 24 letter to Cigna leaders.
Prime Accountable Care West and Humana struck a new in-network agreement, the companies said Dec. 2.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas and U.S. Anesthesia Partners signed a long-term agreement that allows BCBSTX members to continue receiving services from the national anesthesia provider at in-network rates.
Oscar named R. Scott Blackley its new CFO, effective March 16.