America's uninsured population has fluctuated as the COVID-19 pandemic caused many to lose health insurance due to layoffs and furloughs.
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Here are 10 payers that are returning premium revenue to members due to lower healthcare costs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Highmark Health, the health insurer that owns Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network, continued to see strong finances in the first half of this fiscal year despite AHN's $116 million operating loss.
The following payer executives changed their positions in August.
UnitedHealthcare will be replacing paper checks with electronic payments throughout the rest of this year, the health insurer said in an August bulletin.
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A radiology lab in New Jersey sued Cigna Aug. 12 over reimbursement for COVID-19-related services, according to Law360.
Cigna appointed Noelle Eder its global CIO, effective Sept. 14.
Roy Dunbar, a member of Humana's board of directors, resigned Aug. 10, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
New Mexico Health Connections CO-OP will close Jan. 1, 2021, the health insurer said Aug. 11.
CMS wants to expand coverage for artificial heart devices to provide a "patient-centered approach to treating end-stage heart disease."