Payer

Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Blue Cross Blue Shield plans were among the highest-ranked health plans in the most regions for consumer insight firm J.D. Power's annual member satisfaction survey.

The following payer executives changed their positions in May.

A court ordered Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas to pay more than $108 million in damages and attorney fees to two closed rural Texas hospitals.

America's Health Insurance Plans, the national trade association for health insurers, is telling members to extend prior authorizations for elective surgeries and procedures that were postponed due to COVID-19.

UnitedHealthcare will expand its ACA marketplace presence in 2021 after mostly leaving the business in 2017, according to Bloomberg/Quint.

MaineHealth is promoting a program that aims to assist residents who don't have health insurance, possibly a new reality for those who lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

An estimated 27 million have lost employer-sponsored health insurance and become uninsured after losing their job, according to a report from the Kaiser Family Foundation. 

Humana added Cincinnati and Detroit to its Bold Goal initiative, which is a population health strategy that aims to improve the health of the communities in the program, the insurer said May 11. 

Major health insurers like UnitedHealthcare and Cigna are waiving cost-sharing for COVID-19 treatment and testing. However, those who get health insurance through their job could be on the hook for unexpected medical bills if their employer opts out of the…

Employers are enhancing, rather than slimming, their employee health benefits despite new financial challenges brought by COVID-19, according to a survey from global advisory company Willis Towers Watson.