Moda Health is discontinuing all individual Medicare Advantage plans and will no longer offer MA plans in Oregon for 2025. Premera Blue Cross will not offer Medicare Advantage plans in 2025. MVP ...

Payers are trimming their workforces and cutting jobs due to financial or operational challenges, along with restructuring strategies. Below are workforce reduction efforts or job eliminations that ...

UPMC Health Plan named Mary Beth Jenkins president and CEO, effective Jan. 1. Consortium Health Plans named Lori Schoonmaker as CEO. Molina Healthcare named Mark Margiotta as senior vice president of ...

In 2024, at least 19 top executives previously with UnitedHealth Group's Optum have announced their departures for new positions with companies across the country. Optum executive departures in 2023 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...