Payer

The following payer executives changed their positions this month.

Private payers will likely have to pay $743 million in rebates in 2019 for overcharging premiums on the individual market, according to an estimate by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Across individual and employer insurance markets, private health insurers are slated to pay back at least $1.3 billion in rebates this year, according to an estimate by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

While UnitedHealth Group will see revenue growth slow in coming years, the country's largest health insurer will likely post about $275 billion in revenue by 2021, according to a report from financial analyst firm Trefis.

Robots are reminding 1,700 employees at Humana Pharmacy's call center to be more compassionate, according to USA Today.

The rate of Americans without health insurance grew to 8.5 percent, or 27.5 million, in 2018, according to a report from the U.S. Census Bureau. 

A hearing scheduled for Sept. 10 regarding a Texas hospital's temporary restraining order against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas has been pushed back, according to a press release from the hospital.

Contract negotiations between Jasper, Ind.-based Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield have stalled, according to The Herald. 

Anthem is restoring rates for autism therapies in Indiana it decreased in July, according to NBC affiliate WTHR.

Here are 10 updates on UnitedHealth Group's recent operations, publications and legal dealings reported by Becker's Hospital Review since August.