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Premera Blue Cross will not offer Medicare Advantage plans in 2025. MVP Health Care and University of Vermont Health will no longer offer their joint Medicare Advantage plan in Vermont in 2025. Cigna ...

UnitedHealthcare is expanding its individual and family ACA marketplace plans to four new states and adding 119 new counties in 13 current states for 2025. The new states are Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska ...

Insurers and employers face ongoing challenges in covering costly GLP-1 medications, with coverage rates varying significantly based on the individual's insurance plan and employer. Becker's has ...

The CEO of the nation's largest public health plan plans to keep advocating for Medicaid funding in retirement. John Baackes, currently CEO of L.A. Care, which serves 2.5 million members in Los ...

Over the last month, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed 17 bills pertaining to the deployment and regulation of generative AI technology, including legislation that will require health insurers ...

The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations will release a "dramatic" report on Medicare Advantage in the coming weeks, Sen. Richard Blumenthal said. At an Oct. 2 press conference, Mr.

Florida's insurance commissioner has given the green light for Health Care Service Corp. to purchase Cigna's Medicare business in the state. On Sept. 11, Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworsky signed ...

Payers have faced state penalties in 2024 for slow reimbursements, improper claims denials, or the sale of unapproved products. 10 recent examples of payers fined or agreeing to settlements with ...

Centene's Ambetter Health individual plans will expand to 60 new counties in 2025. Ambetter Health will be available on ACA exchange markets in 29 states in 2025, according to an Oct. 2 news release ...

A New Jersey-based company has agreed to pay more than $11.3 million to settle False Claims Act allegations arising from fraudulently reported call center performance metrics and fraudulent claims to ...