The United Health Foundation’s 2025 “America’s Health Rankings Annual Report,” published Jan. 8, presented a wave of optimistic health signals, but disparities persist. The organization analyzed 99 ...

The Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare is transitioning away from its nonprofit structure, sharing how the country’s biggest health insurance companies are now serving as owners, according to a ...

Wisconsin’s Medicaid program is projecting a $213.2 million shortfall through fiscal year 2027, driven largely by higher-than-expected enrollment in long-term managed care programs, according to a Jan ...

President Donald Trump said Jan. 6 that he plans to meet with 14 insurance companies “in a few days” to pressure them to lower prices for Americans. “We’re trying to solve the healthcare problem.

San Antonio, Texas-based Baptist Health System has filed a lawsuit against UnitedHealthcare over alleged underpayments for emergency room services provided to patients with ACA coverage, the San ...

Clever Care Health Plan CEO Karen Walker Johnson, BSN, thinks her company’s edge is one that bigger insurers might have trouble replicating. That edge is Clever Care’s focus on offering “culturally ...

A joint fund created to stabilize health insurance costs for New York City employees and retirees is insolvent and has accrued $3.1 billion in unreported liabilities, according to a Dec. 30 audit from ...

Priority Health is now the sole governing member of Group Health Cooperative of Eau Claire, a community-based health plan in Wisconsin serving more than 61,000 members. The transaction was first ...

Optum has begun reviewing Minnesota Medicaid claims as part of an enhanced prepayment audit, state officials said, as the state grapples with a widening fraud crisis in its public assistance programs.

Medi-Cal no longer covers GLP-1s for weight loss as of Jan. 1. Wegovy, Zepbound and Saxenda have been removed from the Medi-Cal Rx Contract Drugs List and are no longer eligible for coverage for ...

Health insurance marketplace Access Health CT is extending its enrollment window until Jan. 31 for coverage that starts in February, according to an update on its website. The open enrollment period ...

Public safety retirees in Arizona can access broader cancer insurance benefits through a new state law clarifying eligibility. Eligible retirees include former firefighters, law enforcement officers ...