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 ...

A Texas state judge handed a victory to system-owned health plans that missed out on Texas' Medicaid contract awards, The Dallas Morning News reported Oct. 4. District Judge Laurie Eiserloh issued a ...

Huntsville (Ala.) Hospital Health System is terminating its contract with UnitedHealthcare. In an Oct. 10 news release, the system said it issued a notice of termination to the insurer. The split ...

Authorizing Medicare to cover weight loss drugs would cost the federal government an estimated $35 billion over nine years, according to a new report from the Congressional Budget Office. The report ...

Average Medicare Advantage star ratings declined for the third year in a row, according to CMS data published Oct. 10. The average Medicare Advantage star rating for 2025 is 3.92, down from 4.07 in ...

Vice President Kamala Harris has proposed expanding Medicare coverage for home healthcare, NPR reported Oct. 8. Ms. Harris explained the details of her proposal on daytime talk show The View, campaign ...

Centene has completed the sale of Collaborative Health Systems to Astrana Health. Tampa, Fla.-based Collaborative Health Systems is a management services subsidiary that partners with independent ...

Value-based primary care company Cityblock Health has named former UnitedHealth Group executive Michael Roaldi as its president. Mr. Roaldi spent nearly a decade at UnitedHealth Group, according to an ...

The average annual premiums for employer-sponsored insurance for families increased by 7% in 2024, according to KFF's annual Employer Health Benefits Survey. KFF published its annual survey Oct. 9.

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 ...

CVS Health will lay off 416 employees at Aetna's headquarters in Hartford, Conn. In a WARN notice filed Oct. 6, the company said 93 employees work at the facility in Hartford. The other employees work ...

1. AdventHealth, based in Altamonte Springs, Fla., seeks a director of managed care in Maitland, Fla. 2. Baptist Health, based in Montgomery, Ala. seeks a contract development manager. 3. Baylor Scott ...