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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

Texas officials rejected protests from eight insurers challenging its Medicaid contract awards. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission rejected challenges from AmeriHealth Caritas, CareSource ...

Humana's challenge to a CMS rule implementing stricter auditing standards on Medicare Advantage plans can continue, a federal judge ruled. In a June 7 order, U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor denied a ...