Centene, like other insurers before it, will be broadening its reach in the Medicare Advantage space in 2022, expanding into 327 new counties and three new states: Massachusetts, Nebraska and Oklahoma.
In all, this represents a 26% expansion of Centene…
Oscar Health also recently made similar partnerships with two health systems in Florida.
For the third straight year, health insurer Cigna is expanding its Medicare Advantage plans, growing into 108 new counties and three new states — Connecticut, Oregon and Washington — which will increase its geographic presence by nearly 30%.
UnitedHealthcare, which already has significant market control with its Medicare Advantage plans, will strengthen its foothold in the space by expanding its MA plans in 2022, adding a potential 3.1 million members and reaching 94% of Medicare-eligible …
In an effort to push back against the still-ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, Merck, in partnership with Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, is touting the benefits of an investigational oral antiviral medication known as molnupiravir, saying it reduces the ris…
A vote on a bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill and a larger and more controversial $3.5 trillion social policy and climate package has again been delayed, with House Leader Nancy Pelosi setting a new deadline of the end of the month for Democ…
COVID-19 revealed our national weaknesses in healthcare – an interconnected reliance on the supply chain, for one. It also showed our individual strengths and resilience. With regulations lifted, providers learned just how quickly they could adapt duri…
The pandemic spurred hospital at home programs but the benefits for providers and patients means their continuation.
The American Hospital Association claims the rule is a windfall for insurers, while BCBSA calls it a “win for patients.”
The Biden Administration, through the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, Treasury and the Office of Personnel Management, has issued an interim final rule with a comment period to further implement the No Surprises Act, introducing a disp…
