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Centene Corp. named an inaugural group of medical and community leaders to its health disparities task force, the insurer said May 18.

Several near-term and long-term challenges will be coming to state Medicaid programs amid the COVID-19 pandemic, from enrollment growth to financial hardships.

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.