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BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is “winding down operations” at its subsidiary Shared Health, a move that will affect 150 employees.  Shared Health provides plans to individuals dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid in Texas and Mississippi. BCBS Tennessee will wind…

Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation is laying off 51 employees in Madison and Monona due to competitive pressures. The layoffs will begin to take place on Sept. 30, according to regulatory documents filed with the state June 27. Madison-based WPS…

UnitedHealth Group will require some hybrid employees in Minnesota and Washington, D.C. to be in office four days per week starting July 7, the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reported. It is unclear how many of the company’s total employees are…

Payers are trimming their workforces and cutting jobs due to financial or operational challenges, along with contract losses.

Humana is taking proactive steps to address burnout and improve engagement for its thousands of employed or affiliated clinicians by focusing on well-being, reducing turnover, and tackling frustrations related to technology and administrative processes, according to the company’s Chief Medical…

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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan will lay off 220 employees, the company said in a statement shared with Becker’s.   The Detroit-based insurer has eliminated more than 600 positions, it said in a June 12 statement. Of those, 400 were…

Long Beach, Calif.-based Molina Healthcare will lay off 268 employees in Virginia, according to a WARN notice filed May 13.  The company is closing its Richmond, Va., office effective June 30.  The layoffs come after Virginia decided not to renew…

When medically complex patients require hospital care, they tend to experience longer recovery times than other patients do and are more likely to readmit to the ICU.1,2 Kindred Hospitals, a network of long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs), is focused on…

Medicare Advantage insurer Devoted Health has laid off 120 employees, a small percentage of its more than 2,000 employees. “Devoted Health’s recent workforce changes are in line with our ongoing commitment to dramatically improving the health and well-being of older…

Elevance Health’s Carelon is ceasing operations in Ireland and will lay off 300 employees in Limerick, the Irish Times reported May 28. “After carefully considering alternatives and conducting a consultation process with employee representatives, we have made the difficult decision…

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