Medicaid could spend $29.9 billion on drugs to treat type 2 diabetes and weight loss, according to a report from HHS' Office of Inspector General. The report, published Dec. 19, reviewed Medicaid ...

Independent Health will pay up to $98 million to settle allegations a now-defunct subsidiary knowingly submitted invalid diagnoses to boost Medicare Advantage payments. According to a Dec. 20 news ...

Enrollment on the ACA marketplace reached 16.6 million consumers as of Dec. 18. The surge in enrollments comes after a slow start. As of Dec. 4, 5.4 million people had enrolled in federal ACA ...

ICHRA broker platform Remodel Health has raised more than $100 million in growth funding. Remodel offers a platform to support employers and employees with launching and accessing ICHRA plans, ...

Georgia's Medicaid contract awards could cause three in four Medicaid recipients in the state to switch plans, according to Centene CEO Sarah London. The state said it would grant Medicaid contracts ...

Startup insurer Sidecar Health has inked a transparent pricing agreement with The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. The fixed-price model removes prior authorizations and network ...

HHS' Office of Inspector General has issued a special fraud alert about the risks of fraud and abuse in certain marketing and compensation arrangements related to Medicare Advantage. The December ...

One in four people in the United States struggle with mental health, and leaders agree that today's system lacks the resources to support them. Issues such as prolonged wait times, inadequate ...

Ten providers recently posted job listings seeking leaders in payer contracting and relations. Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Listings were compiled from job-seeker sites. 1. Bayhealth, based ...

Payers partnered with Google, Instacart and other tech companies in 2024. Here are eight deals to note from this year: Molina Healthcare partnered with Instacart in Michigan to address food insecurity ...

L.A. Care Health Plan named Martha Santana-Chin as its next CEO in December. McLaren Health Care named Jessica Cromer as president and CEO of the McLaren Integrated HMO Group in December, the ...

Our healthcare system badly lags other industrialized nations in terms of what we spend and the outcomes we achieve, and the culprit is fairly obvious: we spend five times our peer nations on ...