A bill to establish a single payer healthcare system in Massachusetts has been refiled in the state legislature, aiming to replace private insurers with a publicly funded program that guarantees ...

Elevance Health plans to acquire a stop-loss insurance subsidiary from Verily, a sister company of Google, the company confirmed in a statement to Becker's Feb. 7. Indianapolis-based Elevance plans to ...

A pair of federal lawmakers have introduced a bill to require some Medicaid recipients to work to receive benefits. Republican Sens. John Kennedy and Eric Schmitt of Louisiana and Missouri, ...

Former Humana CEO Bruce Broussard has been named a board advisor to AI care company Sword Health. Sword said in a Feb. 6 news release that with Mr. Broussard's expertise, the company will "accelerate ...

Albany (N.Y.) Med Health System and Capital District Physicians' Health Plan reached a new two-year contract agreement and ended a dispute over alleged underpayments. In August, CDPHP notified the ...

In 2025, the Medicaid program is facing another period of uncertainty. Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, launched under President Donald Trump, is ramping up its efforts to crack down ...

In 2024, health insurers made 482 updates to their public and members-only websites. Website changes appeared more often on the public site (58%) compared to the member site (42%), according to a ...

UnitedHealth Group has asked the SEC to exclude two shareholder proposals from its 2025 annual meeting proxy materials that raise concerns about the company’s handling of prior authorization ...

KLAS Research, a healthcare IT data and insights company, named its "Best in KLAS" payer tools for 2025. For its annual rankings, KLAS Research compiled insights from workers at more than 6,000 ...

Humana saved $11 billion through value-based care in 2023 compared to fee-for-service Medicare. The company published its annual value-based care report Feb. 5. Humana saved 25.8% on medical costs ...

The Cigna Group will tie executive pay to customer satisfaction as part of an initiative to improve members' experiences. According to a Feb. 3 news release, the company will tie leaders' compensation ...

UnitedHealth Group raised concerns with the SEC after hedge fund manager Bill Ackman suggested the company's profitability could be "massively overstated," Bloomberg reported Feb. 5. Mr. Ackman ...