Workforce

Elevance Health has sold 580,000 square feet of office space in Richmond, Va., Richmond Bizsense reported Dec. 20. 

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota plans to sell a 156,000-square-foot building housing subsidiary Noridian Healthcare Solutions, The Forum reported Dec. 16. 

UnitedHealthcare purchased a $1.15M building near its existing offices in Minnetonka, Minn., Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reported Dec. 13. 

Payers have embraced the shift to remote and hybrid work. Some payers have downsized office space this year, and others have reworked new spaces to better accommodate hybrid work. 

Hawaii's largest purchaser of health insurance is allowing nearly 200,000 current and former county and state government employees to switch their health coverage from Kaiser Permanente to Hawaii Medical Service Association, the state's BCBS affiliate.

Aetna is moving out of its 83,512-square-foot call center in Bethlehem, Pa., The Morning Call reported Dec. 8. 

Here are four payer layoffs Becker's reported this year. 

The BlueSky Institute, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee's new college degree and training program aimed at fostering IT talent for the payer, has achieved a 100 percent retention rate in its first year, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported Dec. 6

Some payers are conducting layoffs, while others are looking to the tech sector to find new hires. Here are eight payer workforce developments Becker's has reported since Nov. 11. 

UnitedHealth Group's philanthropic arm, The United Health Foundation, said Dec. 1 it is partnering with the American Nurses Foundation on a three-year, $3.1 million program aimed at fighting burnout among nurses.