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6 months after splitting, Community Health System is back in network with 3 major payers
Clovis, Calif.-based Community Health System is back in network with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield after a split lasting six months.Budget battle could delay North Carolina's Medicaid expansion
Squabbles over the state's budget could delay implementation of Medicaid expansion in North Carolina.Anthem BCBS, Maine hospitals ink in-network contract
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and two hospitals in Maine operated by Tewksbury, Mass.-based Covenant Health have reached an in-network agreement.
How Elevance Health achieved a 20% drop in suicide rates among young people
Elevance Health has achieved a drastic reduction in youth and young adult suicides through predictive modeling and clinical outreach.Idaho drops Optum, awards $1.2 billion behavioral health contract to Centene
Idaho has dropped Optum as the managed care contractor for its behavioral health plan and awarded a four-year, $1.2 billion contract to Centene's Magellan Healthcare subsidiary.10 providers seeking payer contracting talent
Ten providers recently posted job listings seeking leaders in payer contracting and relations.Kraft Heinz sues Aetna for alleged claims data mismanagement
A Kraft Heinz Co. employee benefits group representing employees, retirees and their dependents is suing Aetna for allegedly breaching its fiduciary duties and using its role as third-party claims administrator "to enrich itself to Kraft Heinz's detriment."
Prime Therapeutics names new CEO
Prime Therapeutics has promoted Mostafa Kamal to be the pharmacy benefit manager's next CEO.Medicare Advantage profits could be under pressure in 2024, analysts say
Medicare Advantage profits will likely be stable in 2023 but could face pressure from rising utilization rates in 2024, according to commentary from AM Best published June 30.Medicare Advantage in the headlines: 7 recent updates
New regulations for inpatient services in Medicare Advantage are looming, and new research has found MA enrollees with chronic conditions are likely to stay enrolled in the programand spend less time in the hospital than their fee-for-service counterparts.States with the largest employee health plans
State employee health plans are often the largest commercial purchaser of healthcare in each state, according to a report from the Center on Health Insurance Reforms at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
CMS updates Medicare drug price negotiation guidelines
CMS published updated guidance for the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation program, based on feedback from more than 7,500 public comments.Medicare Advantage enrollees less likely to receive risky medications: Study
Medicare Advantage members are less likely to be prescribed high-risk medications than their counterparts in fee-for-service Medicare, a study published June 27 in JAMA Health Forum found.Retiring Centene exec appointed to Homeward board
Longtime Centene executive Brent Layton is joining the board of directors for healthcare startup Homeward.Independence Blue Cross names three new vice presidents
独立蓝十字促进了丹尼尔·布朗to vice president of provider reimbursement analysis and administration, Michael Hébert to vice president of provider contracting, and Obadiah Sang to vice president of corporate development and strategic investments.Molina to acquire Bright Health's Medicare Advantage business in $600M deal
Molina Healthcare will purchase Bright Health Group's California Medicare Advantage business for $600 million, the two businesses said June 30.Health insurance executive moves | 2023
Payer executive moves reported by Becker's in 2023:Percentage of Medicaid recipients disenrolled for procedural reasons in 22 states
A minimum of 80 percent of Medicaid beneficiaries disenrolled from the program were booted for procedural reasons in nine states, according to a June 29 report from KFF.BCBS Arizona launches primary care subsidiary
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona has launched a new primary care company, Prosano Health Solutions.What makes the health plans top-rated by their members unique? 8 executives explain
Satisfaction with commercial health plans is on the decline, especially among younger generations, according to J.D. Power's 2023 Commercial Member Health Plan study.
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