Blue Shield of California is laying off 69 employees, effective July 28. The insurer filed Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notices May 29. The layoffs span Alameda, El Dorado, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Joaquin and Shasta counties. The…
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Three Optum businesses are laying off 58 people in New Jersey, according to June Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notices. Effective Aug. 26, the layoffs span Optum Select Management in Somerset, Optum Care in Rutherford and Optum Services in…
Cigna will stop covering GLP-1s for weight loss through its own employee health plan July 1, the company confirmed to Becker’s. “We regularly review our health benefits to ensure they remain sustainable, accessible and aligned with the unique needs of…
PacificSource is laying off 97 employees following the company’s previously announced decision to exit Montana and the individual line of business, along with “rightsizing in the Oregon market.” The cuts, effective July 31, will affect offices in Bend, Portland, Salem…
Forty-five Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota employees will leave the company as it integrates with Cambia Health Solutions, a Cambia spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s May 27. The spokesperson said the organizations are prioritizing “unified, cross-market teams.” The cuts…
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois is transitioning some employees from partially to fully remote work as reports of shuttered offices mount. Throughout the spring, local outlets reported closures in Quincy, Ill., and Danville, Ill. CBS central Illinois affiliate…
As AI use cases expand, healthcare players have been working to ensure AI readiness among staff. Health insurers are no exception. While payer AI use has faced scrutiny, particularly over possible AI-driven denials, functionalities are much broader than what is…
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield cut about 30 positions recently, according to a May 18 statement shared with Becker’s. The “realigned staffing” spanned “a couple of areas within the company,” the spokesperson said. The cuts resulted from budget allocations,…
The insurance industry has shed nearly 59,000 jobs since the end of 2024, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Three notes: 1. Insurance carriers and related activities employed approximately 2.96 million workers as of April, down…
UnitedHealth Group is monitoring some Optum staff’s AI use, sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. The company is checking whether services division workers query tools such as ChatGPT and Copilot at least once a day, the sources said. UnitedHealth…