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Twenty-one health insurance companies made the inaugural list of “America’s Best Employers For Company Culture” by Forbes and Statista, a Hamburg, Germany-based data analytics firm, published Sept. 18. Forbes and Statista heard from over 218,000 workers at companies with at…

Elevance Health is expanding its education and professional development benefits with new programs centered on artificial intelligence and career growth. The insurer is partnering with OpenAI to offer employees AI certifications, including training in areas such as prompt engineering and…

Amazon will invest $1 billion to lower healthcare costs for full-time employees in its basic health plan, the company said Sept. 17. The retail giant will lower the weekly cost of the plan from more than $7 to $5, while maintaining its…

Eight health insurers were featured on Fortune magazine and Great Place to Work Institute’s annual “Best Workplaces in Health Care” list. Fifty large healthcare employers were recognized in total. The rankings were created from employee surveys, which asked participants to…

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is laying off an additional 95 employees and eliminating 28 vacant positions in non customer-facing roles. “Like health insurers across the country, BlueCross has seen a sharp rise in claims costs – a trend that started…

Independent Health is cutting 59 jobs across multiple departments, effective immediately, the Buffalo News reported Aug. 20. Independent Health has about 1,200 employees, 340,000 members and reported a net loss of $66 million in 2024.  “Like health plans nationwide, we…

Humana is offering a voluntary early retirement option to some of its employees. The buyout offer will be available for certain parts of the company and for employees who meet specific eligibility criteria, a spokesperson for the company told Becker’s…

CareOregon has laid off 80 employees and eliminated 70 empty positions in response to financial headwinds, The Oregonian reported July 22. According to the report, the layoffs included positions at all levels of the company. The insurer employed more than…

Blue Shield of California is conducting a second round of layoffs this year, with 138 more employees being laid off in September. The majority of the layoffs affect employees in Oakland and El Dorado, with the remaining cuts taking place…

Geisinger Health Plan is eliminating nearly 100 positions as part of a restructuring program aimed at stabilizing operations. “This decision, which only impacts GHP roles, was not made lightly,” a spokesperson for the organization told Becker’s on July 15. “We…