Medicare Advantage insurers' stocks rallied upon news of Donald Trump's impending return to the White House, Bloomberg reported Nov. 6. Analysts expect a second Trump administration to boost rates for ...

Utah had the highest percentage of residents covered under employer-sponsored health plans last year, according to an analysis from KFF. KFF used data from the Census Bureau's American Community ...

California voters approved a measure to make an existing tax on managed care plans to help fund Medi-Cal, Cal Matters reported Nov. 5. The measure earmarks between $2 billion and $5 billion of special ...

From Blue Shield of California partnering with Salesforce to a Senate report accusing Medicare Advantage plans of intentionally using prior authorization to boost profits, here are seven prior ...

Minnesota's Attorney General has reached a settlement with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota regarding accessibility of mental health services. In June 2019, the Minnesota Attorney General’s ...

Medicare Advantage plans were paid more than $1 billion for veterans who did not use any Medicare services, according to a study published in the November issue of Health Affairs. The number of ...

Illinois voters have passed an advisory referendum aimed at requiring all health plans that cover pregnancy to also cover in vitro fertilization, or IVF, and other assisted reproductive treatments on ...

Ohio has awarded managed care contracts to four insurers to serve residents dually eligible for Medicaid and Medicare. Starting in 2026, Anthem BCBS, Centene's Buckeye Health Plan, CareSource, and ...

Elevance Health has named Nathan Rich as vice president of investor relations. Mr. Rich was previously vice president in global investment research at Goldman Sachs, according to a Nov. 4 news release ...

Payers are expanding their reach into home healthcare. In October, Elevance Health said it plans to acquire CareBridge, a Nashville-based home and community care provider. Elevance CEO Gail Boudreaux ...

Alignment Health is one of the highest-quality Medicare Advantage plans in the nation, a distinction attributed to a company-wide commitment to exceptional care and performance tracking. Becker's sat ...

Phoenix Children's is out of network with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona as of Oct. 31. BCBS Medicaid plans are not affected by the negotiations, according to Phoenix Children's. In a statement on ...