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As more employees work in remote or hybrid formats, payers are cutting back on office space nationwide. 

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

Friday Health Plans is laying off all 323 of its employees as the company ends all of its business. 

Compensation at Blue Cross Blue Shield plans increased by an average of 5.9 percent in 2022, according to an analysis from Sherlock and Company. 

Prior authorization changes and paperless policies led UnitedHealth Group to cut its paper usage by 1 billion pieces, according to the company's sustainability report. 

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is selling an 11-acre Chattanooga campus to Hamilton County. 

Executives at Hawaii Medical Service Association, the state's BCBS affiliate, are responding to internal criticism from employees following compensation boosts for the company's leaders and board of directors.

Centene has listed a 68-acre, 517,000-square-foot corporate campus for sublease in Sacramento, Calif.

Cityblock Health, a New York City-based healthcare provider focused on Medicaid and dual-eligible beneficiaries, is laying off 60 employees in Washington, D.C., according to WARN filings published May 8.

An office building Centene invested millions in but rarely used is up for sale, the St. Louis Business Journal reported May 9.