Ten providers — including University of Chicago Medicine, Penn Medicine and Hartford Healthcare — recently posted job listings seeking leaders in payer contracting and relations.
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Bloomington, Minn.-based Bright Health Group is laying off 150 employees, totaling to 5 percent of its workforce, according to the Star Tribune.
A former Centene employee is suing the company claiming it failed to administer overtime pay following a cyberattack, according to the March 2 complaint.
Humana announced that it is returning to in-person work at its Louisville, Ky., headquarters after a string of pandemic-era pushbacks, according to CBS affiliate WLKY.
A Minnesota judge certified a class of UnitedHealth Group employees aiming to sue the payer over underperforming 401(k) plan funds that the company failed to address.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona is holding an information session Jan. 25 as it looks to fill 100 full-time positions, according to a news release shared with Becker's.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and its subsidiaries terminated 250 of its more than 10,000 employees after they refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by the company's Jan. 4 deadline, a spokesperson told Becker's.
Humana is indefinitely postponing a return to in-person work for employees around the country as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise, a spokesperson told Becker's.
Two Anthem employees filed a lawsuit Jan. 3 alleging that the insurer refused to pay enrollment employees overtime compensation despite being required to work more than 40 hours during a week to meet quotas.