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Rankings & Ratings

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee has the highest-ranked Medicare Advantage plan for member satisfaction in 2026, according to JD Power’s 12th annual Medicare Advantage study. The consumer insight firm published its annual ranking of the top MA plans in…

Health insurers denied between 12% and 18% of standard prior authorization requests across Medicare Advantage, Medicaid managed care and ACA marketplace plans in 2025, with wide variation among the largest payers, according to a KFF analysis published Aug. 13. CMS…

Health insurers released their second-quarter earnings from mid-July through early August, with all but Elevance Health posting year-over-year profit gains. Earnings for the major payers coincided with the release of the Fortune Global 500. UnitedHealth Group moved up to become…

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On average, Louisiana workers pay the largest share of their income toward their portion of health insurance premiums for employer-based coverage, while workers in Hawaii pay the smallest, according to an AHIP analysis of Commonwealth Fund data published in July. …

The No Surprises Act, passed in 2020 and implemented in 2022, was designed to protect patients from unexpected out-of-network medical bills. It also established the federal independent dispute resolution (IDR) process, allowing out-of-network providers and health plans to resolve payment…

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