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From a hearing date set for CEO Andrew Witty's testimony before a congressional panel, to the release of its first earnings report since the Change Healthcare cyberattack, here are 12 updates on UnitedHealth Group that Becker's has reported since April…

New rules implemented by CMS will create a level playing field for community health plans in Medicare Advantage, Ceci Connolly, CEO of Alliance of Community Health Plans, said. 

UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty will testify May 1 before a U.S. House subcommittee about the cyberattack on the company's Change Healthcare subsidiary. 

CMS has published its final rates and rules for Medicare Advantage in 2025. Payers say the new rate payments are putting more pressure on already strained margins. 

HHS' Office of Inspector General will investigate the impact of vertically integrated Medicare Part D plans and pharmacy benefit managers on drug prices. 

Humana's board of directors authorized a $0.885 per-share cash dividend to be paid on July 26. 

The Biden administration has launched an online portal for reporting "potentially unfair and anticompetitive" healthcare practices to the Justice Department's Antitrust Division and the FTC.

Elevance Health hopes to bring more providers into downside risk-sharing arrangements with a new primary care venture. 

A federal judge in Florida has set a May 13 trial date for a lawsuit filed by two families accusing the state of terminating their Medicaid coverage without proper notice or a chance to contest the decision. 

Elevance Health posted $2.2 billion in net income during the first quarter, a nearly 13% increase compared to the same period last year, according to the company's earnings report published April 18.