UnitedHealthcare and Tacoma, Wash.-based Virginia Mason Franciscan Health have reached a new multi-year contract. All UnitedHealthcare-insured patients will continue to have access to all of VMFH's ...

Two major Medicare changes signed into law in the Inflation Reduction Act will take effect in 2025. Here are five things to know about the changes coming in 2025: Beginning in 2025, out-of-pocket ...

While most Medicare Advantage plans offer dental benefits, few of these benefits are comprehensive, a study published Dec. 26 in JAMA found. Here are three things to note: More than 85% of Medicare ...

The year 2024 proved to be a pivotal and tumultuous period for the health insurance industry, defined by the shocking murder of UnitedHealthcare's CEO and the largest cyberattack in the sector's ...

The year 2024 will be remembered as one full of unprecedented challenges and turmoil for the nation's largest healthcare company. From the tragic and targeted killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian ...

UnitedHealth Group has optimized its ability to increase Medicare Advantage members' sickness scores and corresponding government payments by directly employing thousands of physicians at Optum and ...

Climate change is becoming an increasingly urgent challenge for the health insurance industry. "The top trends that I am following are climate change and geriatric care," Pleasant Radford, Health ...

HHS' Office of Inspector General estimated three Medicare Advantage insurers received around $11.4 million in overpayments. The government watchdog published audits of three MA plans Dec. 23-26. The ...

Premera Blue Cross recognized the need for strong ethical commitments around AI even before the rise of ChatGPT and other easily accessible generative AI models. Adrian Mayers,DrBA, is chief ...

An insurer reached a nearly $100 million settlement over allegations of overpayments, and CMS plans to sunset a value-based model over "unprecedented" costs. Here are seven Medicare Advantage updates ...

UnitedHealth Group and home health company Amedisys have agreed to extend the deadline for a planned $3.3 billion merger due to a legal challenge by the Department of Justice. In a Dec. 26 regulatory ...

Humana and CommonSpirit hospitals in Colorado will go out-of-network Jan. 1, 2025. The contract split applies to Humana Medicare Advantage plans, according to a statement CommonSpirit shared with ...