Medicare Advantage insurers' stocks rallied upon news of Donald Trump's impending return to the White House, Bloomberg reported Nov. 6. Analysts expect a second Trump administration to boost rates for ...

California voters approved a measure to make an existing tax on managed care plans to help fund Medi-Cal, Cal Matters reported Nov. 5. The measure earmarks between $2 billion and $5 billion of special ...

Illinois voters have passed an advisory referendum aimed at requiring all health plans that cover pregnancy to also cover in vitro fertilization, or IVF, and other assisted reproductive treatments on ...

Medicare Advantage plans were paid more than $1 billion for veterans who did not use any Medicare services, according to a study published in the November issue of Health Affairs. The number of ...

Utah had the highest percentage of residents covered under employer-sponsored health plans last year, according to an analysis from KFF. KFF used data from the Census Bureau's American Community ...

From Blue Shield of California partnering with Salesforce to a Senate report accusing Medicare Advantage plans of intentionally using prior authorization to boost profits, here are seven prior ...

Elevance Health has named Nathan Rich as vice president of investor relations. Mr. Rich was previously vice president in global investment research at Goldman Sachs, according to a Nov. 4 news release ...

Minnesota's Attorney General has reached a settlement with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota regarding accessibility of mental health services. In June 2019, the Minnesota Attorney General’s ...

Payers are expanding their reach into home healthcare. In October, Elevance Health said it plans to acquire CareBridge, a Nashville-based home and community care provider. Elevance CEO Gail Boudreaux ...

Ohio has awarded managed care contracts to four insurers to serve residents dually eligible for Medicaid and Medicare. Starting in 2026, Anthem BCBS, Centene's Buckeye Health Plan, CareSource, and ...

Alignment Health is one of the highest-quality Medicare Advantage plans in the nation, a distinction attributed to a company-wide commitment to exceptional care and performance tracking. Becker's sat ...

Elevance Health is the latest insurer challenging CMS' 2025 Medicare Advantage star ratings. In a lawsuit filed in a Texas federal court Oct. 31, the insurer alleged CMS' star ratings process was ...