UCare posted an operating loss of $82.1 million in 2023, a decrease of more than 75% year over year, the Star Tribune reported April 26.

ConnectiCare is vacating 64,000 square feet of office space at its corporate headquarters in Farmington, Conn. because of the company's shift to a hybrid work style, CT Insider reported April 24.

CVS Health has acquired Medicare Advantage broker platform Hella Health. 

Centene has donated a $25 million claims processing facility to the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported April 26. 

There are now more than 20 million Americans enrolled through the individual health insurance exchange marketplace (HIX) and growing. A product originally designed to provide coverage for the uninsured and those caught between having too much to qualify for Medicaid, but not quite enough to afford commercial coverage, is now setting its sights on the small group commercial market through ICHRA, or an individual coverage health reimbursement arrangement. This has the potential to be incredibly disruptive to providers given the negative impact this shift could have on overall reimbursement and provider margins.

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California lawmakers have introduced legislation again that would provide "comprehensive universal single-payer" health coverage for all 39 million residents of the state under a program called CalCare.

More mergers and acquisitions are a key part of Molina Healthcare's future strategy, executives told investors. 

Few states are adding coverage of GLP-1 drugs for weight loss, Centene executives said. 

Aetna and San Francisco-based Dignity Health have reached an agreement on a multiyear contract that allows the payer's members to remain in network with Dignity's facilities and providers in California, Arizona and Nevada.   

Centene reported nearly $1.2 billion in net income in the first quarter and a more than 18% decrease in Medicaid membership year over year, according to its first-quarter earnings posted April 26.

Payer executives anticipate building their equity and population management teams and leaning on AI and new technology in the coming years. 

Payers are trimming their workforces and cutting jobs due to financial or operational challenges, along with restructuring strategies. 

UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty is set to testify May 1 before a U.S. House subcommittee about the Feb. 21 cyberattack on the company's Change Healthcare subsidiary. 

UnitedHealth Group CFO John Rex was the highest-paid CFO of a major insurer in 2023. 

The Cigna Group's board authorized the company to pay a cash dividend of $1.40 to be paid on June 20. 

The nation's largest health insurers collectively employ around 850,000 people in the U.S.

Humana is expanding its use of Cohere's prior authorization platform for diagnostic imaging and sleep services. 

25 payers have been included on Forbes' seventh annual ranking of the nation's best employers for diversity. 

Humana expects to exit Medicare Advantage markets in 2025, company executives told investors.