On May 26, U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., sent a letter to David Wichmann, CEO of UnitedHealth Group, that questioned whether the health insurance company has moved to narrow its provider network and decrease reimbursement during the pandemic.
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LaMonte Thomas, who heads up Cigna's North Texas and Oklahoma markets, is stepping down from his role July 11, according to DMagazine.
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources awarded Aetna Better Health of West Virginia a statewide contract to manage health coverage for Medicaid-eligible residents.
The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission released its June 2020 Report to Congress, which included recommendations on dually eligible beneficiaries, the Medicare Savings Programs and coordination between Medicaid and Tricare.
High-deductible health plans are changing the way patients pay for and access care, and not in a good way, according to a survey of independent physicians conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago.
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In recent years, large commercial health insurers have been expanding their reach into the clinic space.
Two nonprofit Blue Cross Blue Shield health plans are planning on combining.
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island launched a grant program to help behavioral health providers transition to a population health model.
As insurers develop their premium rates for the 2021 plan year, they face new uncertainties from the COVID-19 pandemic.
To improve member satisfaction, payers are considering how they can meet experience expectations during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. A Salesforce survey of 8,000 consumers, released in January, found 84 percent of consumers say the experience a company provides is…