Anthem Blue Cross of California is extending the pause on its upcoming evaluation and management claim downcoding policy until April, the insurer confirmed to Becker’s Feb. 27. A Feb. 23 news release ...
Health plan leaders say sustainable growth in today’s market will not come from adding lives alone — it will come from fundamentally rethinking how value is created. Across the industry, executives ...
CMS has suspended new Medicare Advantage enrollment into Aspirus Health Plan, part of Wausau, Wis.-based Aspirus Health, after the insurer’s claims processor, UCare, was taken over by Minnesota ...
Business services provider Conduent’s data breach affected at least 25 million people across the U.S., according to a February update from Wisconsin’s Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer ...
Researchers identified 13.4% of young adults with and 35.6% without complex medical conditions ended up disenrolled from Medicaid at 19 years old, according to a study published Feb. 16 in JAMA ...
State Medicaid budgets will shrink by $664 billion through 2034 as key provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) take effect, with impacts varying by state depending on expansion status, ...
CMS is freezing $259.5 million in federal Medicaid funding to Minnesota, citing unsupported or potentially fraudulent claims in the state’s program. “We have decided to temporarily halt certain ...
HHS released its third annual report Feb. 9 that evaluates how the No Surprises Act has affected healthcare markets. The report was produced with analytical support from RAND, and extends claims data ...
President Donald Trump used his State of the Union address Feb. 24 to plug TrumpRx, criticize the ACA and call out possible Medicaid fraud. While the president addressed affordability more broadly, ...
Montgomery, Ala.-based Jackson Hospital is suing BCBS Alabama amid the hospital’s bankruptcy proceeding, according to a Feb. 16 filing with the Middle District of Alabama’s U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
CMS outlined next steps for its Medicare Advantage provider directory and shared plans to “beta launch” a broader National Provider Directory later this year, according to a Feb. 18 document. The ...
Medicare Advantage now covers about 55% of eligible beneficiaries nationwide — more than 35 million people — but health systems are confronting a question that until recently felt almost taboo: What ...