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UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot | How one program saved an insurer $20M | Priority Health closes on purchase of Ind. payer | Largest commercial payer in every state | Ozempic gets cheaper

December 4, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. UnitedHealthcare CEO shot and killed in New York City Full story 2. How one program saved an insurer $20M Full story 3. Priority Health closes on purchase of Indiana payer Full story 4. Healthcare…

CMS boosts MA star ratings | Humana names CFO | How much insurers pay for GLP-1s | Financial ties cloud Dr. Oz nomination | Oscar backs ICHRA startup

December 3, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. CMS ups UnitedHealth, Centene star ratings after court challenges Full story 2. Humana names new CFO Full story 3. How much insurers pay for weight loss drugs Full story 4. Lee Health and WakeMed…

Another Aetna fraud scheme | VillageMD CEO exits | Mich. system shutters health plan | UPMC losses driven by insurance pressures | Ill. eyes insurers' AI use

December 2, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Aetna employee sentenced to 5 years for claims fraud Full story 2. VillageMD's CEO exits Full story 3. Michigan Medicine shutters health plan Full story 4. Rare diseases can be hard to identify. Discover…

More Aetna layoffs | 8 systems ditching health plans | Minn. AG: Humana spread MA 'misinformation' | What the insurance commissioners are talking about | 18 payer exec moves

November 29, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Humana spread Medicare Advantage 'misinformation,' Minnesota AG alleges Full story 2. Aetna to lay off 42 Full story 3. 8 health systems ditching their health plans Full story 4. 6 themes that emerged from Becker's Fall…

CMS floats MA, GLP-1 changes | Payers respond to CMS proposal | CareSource closes senior care deal | States ranked by '25 MA offerings | Best changes 5 payer execs made in '24

November 27, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. CMS pitches major Medicare Advantage changes: 10 notes Full story 2. Payer group 'deeply concerned' by Medicare weight loss drug coverage proposal Full story 3. The best changes 5 payer executives made in 2024 Full…

Biden pitches Medicare coverage for GLP-1s | Baystate selling insurance business to Point32Health | Medicaid under Trump: 5 notes | Least competitive MA markets | Highmark posts $529M profit in '24

November 26, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Biden administration proposes Medicare coverage for weight loss drugs: 10 things to know Full story 2. Massachusetts regulators approve sale of health system's insurance subsidiary Full story 3. What a 2nd Trump administration could…

UnitedHealth beats CMS | Trump picks more healthcare leaders | 12 recently fined payers | The largest MA insurer by state | RFK Jr. eyes Medicare physician pay reform

November 25, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. UnitedHealthcare beats CMS in Medicare Advantage star ratings lawsuit Full story 2. 12 payers recently fined by states Full story 3. The largest Medicare Advantage insurer by state Full story 4. Overheard from Banner|Aetna,…

Dr. Oz and MA: 5 notes | Another ERISA data transparency lawsuit | PBMs sue FTC | States with least competitive commercial markets | 12 UnitedHealth updates

November 21, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Dr. Oz on Medicare Advantage: 5 things to know Full story 2. 'A fox in the henhouse': Owens & Minor sues Anthem in latest data transparency lawsuit Full story 3. 5 benefits Medicare Advantage…

Dr. Oz for CMS: 10 notes | New details in UnitedHealth vs. CMS | Where MA is headed in '25 | CVS names healthcare delivery president | Most competitive insurance markets

November 20, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. President-elect Trump taps Dr. Oz for CMS administrator: 10 things to know Full story 2. UnitedHealth alleges unfair treatment in star ratings Full story 3. Where 6 payers' Medicare Advantage businesses are headed in…

5 industry leaders retiring | Payers ranked by MA market exits | Change restores claims clearinghouse | Molina, Instacart partner | Medicare drug negotiations under Trump: 5 notes

November 19, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. 5 senior payer leaders retiring in 2024 Full story 2. Payers ranked by Medicare Advantage market exits | 2025 Full story 3. Change Healthcare restores claims clearinghouse: 5 things to know Full story 4.…