Centene CEO Sarah London bought 4,117 shares of the company's stock, according to a Nov. 8 SEC filing. The shares were purchased at an average price of $60.80 per share, the filing states. Ms. London ...

Medicare Advantage insurers are ramping up efforts to persuade lawmakers to increase funding for the program, Politico reported Nov. 11. The Better Medicare Alliance, an insurer-backed advocacy group, ...

Utah has the highest percentage of residents enrolled in commercial health plans (60%), New Mexico has the highest percentage enrolled in Medicaid (34%), and West Virginia has the highest percentage ...

California has fined Spring Health $1 million for selling healthcare services in the state without a license. Spring Health illegally operated and offered an unlicensed healthcare service plan to more ...

Health Alliance Plan has named Margaret Anderson as interim president. Michael Genord, MD, the former president and CEO, has left the organization, according to a Nov. 11 news release. Ms. Anderson is ...

UnitedHealthcare and Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health have reached an agreement that will keep the health system in the payer's Medicare Advantage network in 2025. Essentia said in September that ...

The nation's largest payers have filed their third-quarter earnings reports, revealing which recorded the largest profits.

Cigna directly confirmed that it is not pursuing a merger with Humana. "The Cigna Group remains committed to its established M&A criteria and would only consider acquisitions that are strategically ...

A federal jury has ordered Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to pay nearly $13 million in damages to a former employee who said she was wrongfully terminated for refusing to receive the COVID-19 ...

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 ...

The country's largest payers reported year-over-year increases in medical cost ratios. Aetna reported a medical benefit ratio of 95.2% in the third quarter, driven by increased utilization, premium ...

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 ...