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Twenty payers have been recognized for their initiatives around disability inclusion and equality for their employees in the 2024 Disability Equality Index, a national benchmarking survey created by Disability:IN and the American Association of People with Disabilities.

Eleven people were arrested July 15 during a protest outside UnitedHealthcare's headquarters in Minnetonka, Minn., the Star Tribune reported.

AmeriHealth Caritas has laid off 102 employees, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported July 2. 

A federal jury has awarded a former BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee employee nearly $700,000 after she was terminated for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in 2021.

Six payers were named in U.S. News & World Report's list of the Best Companies to Work For in 2024-2025.

Select Health has opened its Nevada headquarters in Las Vegas. 

CMS closed its suburban Baltimore headquarters on June 7 after Legionella bacteria was detected in the facility's plumbing amid renovations, The Washington Post reported June 13.

Florida Blue is leasing nearly 59,000-square-feet of office space to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office in the city's downtown, the Jacksonville Daily Record reported May 26.

Some insurers have asked their workers to come back to the office five days a week. Others have committed to permanent remote work. Capital District Physicians Health Plan hopes to land somewhere in the middle. 

Highmark Health began a third round of layoffs May 23, resulting in the termination of 98 employees, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.