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Michael Neidorff, the CEO of Centene Corp., took home more than $26 million for the second year in a row, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 

Humana priced a public offering of $1.1 billion in senior notes, the insurer said March 23.  

Here are six notes on how COVID-19 is affecting health insurers and how they're responding:

New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo is urging health insurers who employ physicians and nurses to release them from their duties so they can help treat COVID-19 patients, according to Bloomberg. 

As explained by VisitPay's Will Reilly, VisitPay's 2020 Annual Report, reveals through direct patient research, significant insights into what constitutes a more compassionate financial experience that benefits both patients and providers.  

UnitedHealth Group changed its policies to promote more remote work after the insurer had asked tens of thousands of its employees to continue coming on-site amid the COVID-19 outbreak. 

Here are six notes on how COVID-19 is affecting health insurers and how they're responding:

Highmark Health said it's seeing members rejoin the company after the insurer and rival UPMC ended a long contract feud last year, according to Trib Live.

A severe COVID-19 pandemic could cost health insurers in the U.S. more than $90 billion in medical claims, according to analysis from S&P Global Ratings.

While companies across the U.S. implement work-from-home policies to help combat the spread of COVID-19, UnitedHealth Group has instructed its employees who aren't sick, high-risk or facing other obstacles to go to work, according to The Washington Post.