Public health and the rest of the healthcare delivery system have long operated in silos in the U.S. While progress was made during the COVID-19 pandemic, CDC Director Mandy Cohen, MD, stressed that ...

CMS must recalculate the Medicare Advantage star ratings for Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia, a federal judge ruled June 10. The judge ruled partially in favor of Elevance Health, which sued ...

Here are 10 updates on UnitedHealth Group and its subsidiaries that Becker's has reported since May 28: 1. The 49 lawsuits filed against UnitedHealth Group's Change Healthcare subsidiary alleging the ...

The Cigna Group does not need to seek out any mergers or acquisitions to reach its financial goals, CFO Brian Evanko told investors. Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Healthcare Conference on June 11, Mr.

Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas will be out of network on July 1 without a new contract in place. If no reimbursement agreement is reached, a split ...

Weight loss drugs are the number one thing on payers' and employers' minds right now, according to the president of Cigna's pharmacy benefit manager. "It's the hottest topic with each and every client ...

"Misplaced nostalgia" for traditional Medicare will not solve the program's problems, SCAN Health Group CEO Sachin Jain, MD, wrote in Forbes on June 10. Medicare, established in 1965, is showing its ...

Optum has sold its workers' compensation Settlement Solutions business to ExamWorks Compliance Solutions, an Optum spokesperson told Becker's June 10. The Settlement Solutions segment was sold for an ...

Medicare Advantage enrollees spend more than $2,500 less on healthcare costs on average than traditional Medicare enrollees, according to an independent analysis by ATI Advisory. The analysis was ...

A planned merger between Capital District Physicians Health Plan and The Lifetime Healthcare Co. will allow the insurers to beef up their scale and investments in technology, executives say. In May, ...

Serious complications from birth often emerge weeks postpartum, according to a report published by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association on June 11. These complications, or severe maternal morbidity ...

Seven payers landed among the top 25 healthcare companies on the Fortune 500 in 2024. UnitedHealth Group was the largest healthcare company on the list. The healthcare giant rose one spot to No. 4, ...