From the beginning, it was clear that seniors’ lives would be turned upside down as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, but Humana’s survey of over 1,000 seniors reveal the severe toll...
CVS Health has announced that it will offer Moderna COVID-19 booster shots to eligible individuals at more than 9,800 pharmacy locations.
The CDC, following guidance from the Advisory Committee on...
Cost-sharing waivers for COVID-19 hospitalizations have the potential to significantly reduce out-of-pocket healthcare spending, as long as they are comprehensive and cover all hospital-related...
Nearly one million uninsured children and parents could gain healthcare coverage if the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) subsidies become permanent, according to an Urban Institute report.
The enhanced...
Humana has announced several Medicare Advantage expansions for Tennessee in 2022, including a Dual Eligible Special Needs Medicare Advantage (D-SNP) plan and COVID-19 testing, treatment, and...
UnitedHealthcare saw its revenue rise 11 percent in the third quarter of 2021 to hit $55.9 billion, the payer announced in its earnings report.
“Third quarter 2021 operating earnings were $2.7...
In 2022, health benefits spending will return to normal, prepandemic levels in 2022 by increasing by an average of 4.7 percent over 2021 healthcare costs, employers anticipated in Mercer’s...
The Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP) has issued five recommendations to CMS regarding COVID-19 testing coverage.
“As Americans return to their workplace, children return to in-person...
As payers continue to search for answers to overcoming coronavirus vaccine hesitancy, safety net health plans in the Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP) have consolidated their most...
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) achieved $112 million in savings on lab service costs and better-quality lab services for members in 2020 after partnering with a laboratory...
The coronavirus pandemic set off a whirlwind of payer innovation, largely out of necessity.
In the health insurance world specifically, payers continued to advance new products during the pandemic....
The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has released its first set of Health Plan Ratings since 2019, providing insight into health plan performance during the coronavirus...
In 2020, the prevalence of employer-sponsored health plan coverage fell during the coronavirus pandemic even as employment rebounded, according to a recent study published in the JAMA Health...
While racial care disparities in Medicare are not new, the gap in mortality rates between beneficiaries of different ethnicities and races grew even more pronounced during the coronavirus pandemic, a...
The Biden Administration and CMS have released guidelines that detail federal funding information relating to Medicaid expansion and COVID-19 testing and vaccine administration for Medicaid and...
COVID-19 Medicaid emergency authorization usage has differed most from past crises in regards to states’ utilization of Section 1115 demonstration waivers, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation...
Medicaid expansion states have experienced higher access to health insurance coverage and lower state Medicaid spending, a report from the Menges Group found.
The researchers compared Medicaid...
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware is raising its 2022 Affordable Care Act premium, the state’s health insurance commissioner announced.
“Stability in the individual health...
Unvaccinated COVID-19 hospitalizations cost payers and the healthcare system at large billions in healthcare spending, according to a Peterson-Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Health System Tracker...
Now that vaccines are readily available to all American adults, private payers have stopped waiving cost-sharing for COVID-19 hospitalizations, according to a Peterson-Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)...
