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A COVID-19 plasma treatment study led by Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic will get funding from UnitedHealth Group to help accelerate the federally sponsored program.

Centene Corp. subsidiary Centurion won a contract from the Kansas Department of Administration to run healthcare services for inmates in the state's correctional facilities. 

Compensation for three top leaders at UnitedHealth Group totaled nearly $50 million in 2019, according to a proxy filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

Insurers offering commercial health plans to employers and individuals could issue roughly $2.7 billion in premium rebates this year, nearly double 2019's $1.4 billion record, the Kaiser Family Foundation said, citing data from Mark Farrah Associates.

In healthcare's current fee-for-service landscape, it might be difficult to imagine a world without prior authorizations. But as more hospitals and payers shift to value-based care contracting and embrace analytical data-sharing, the burdens and inefficiencies associated with the prior authorization…

Nearly 900 employees at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston who have been temporarily laid off will see their monthly health insurance premiums covered by two donors, according to local news station Count On News 2.

UnitedHealth Group may offer premium rebates to employers and grant payment plans to customers to help shore up its employer-sponsored health plan business, according to the Star Tribune.

Molina Healthcare is giving employees bonuses and accelerating payments to providers to help with costs related to COVID-19, the health insurer said April 15.

UnitedHealth Group ended the first quarter of 2020 with a $3.4 billion profit, according to financial results released April 15.

Molina Healthcare terminated its agreement to acquire all the capital stock of NextLevel Health Partners, a Medicaid managed care organization in Illinois.