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What Are Major Payers Offering Medicare Advantage Members in 2024?

October 10, 2023 - As Medicare’s open enrollment period approaches, payers have announced new Medicare Advantage plan offerings for 2024.   Because Medicare Advantage plans receive flexibility to cover benefits beyond the traditional Medicare offerings, plans have an opportunity to differentiate themselves from their competitors with new benefits. In their...

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Aetna Awards $250K in Social Determinants of Health Grants in MI

by Sarai Rodriguez

Aetna’s Medicaid plan in Michigan has granted $250,000 to 10 community-based organizations, aiming to address social determinants of health (SDOH) needs and advance health equity throughout the...

Aetna Injects $7.3M into Virginia FQHCs for Improved Cancer Outcomes

by Sarai Rodriguez

In partnership with the Virginia Community Healthcare Association (VCHA), Aetna Better Health of Virginia has allocated over $7 million in value-based care incentives to Virginia's federally...

CVS Health ACO Partnership Expands Value-Based Care in Long Island

by Victoria Bailey

CVS Health is partnering with Catholic Health to expand value-based care for Medicare beneficiaries through the ACO Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (REACH) program. Under the ACO REACH...

CVS Health Finalizes $8B Acquisition of Signify Health

by Victoria Bailey

CVS has finalized its acquisition of the home healthcare company Signify Health, which aims to accelerate value-based care and improve health outcomes. “This transaction advances our value-based...

Aetna Funding Improves Healthcare Access for Domestic Violence Survivors

by Victoria Bailey

Aetna’s Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) organization, Aetna Better Health Kids, has contributed $50,000 to help increase access to trauma-informed, affordable healthcare for...

How Payer, Provider Alignment Enables Simplified Medical Billing Format

by Kelsey Waddill

When Banner|Aetna conducted market research and asked their members to name the primary barrier that prevented them from engaging easily with healthcare, the payer’s leadership did not expect the answer to involve medical...

Aetna Grants $9.3M to Support Behavioral Health for Youth in Foster Care

by Victoria Bailey

Aetna’s Medicaid plan in West Virginia has granted $9.3 million to 10 community-based organizations to support behavioral health and social care needs for children in foster care. The funding...

Payer Donates to Expand Mental Health Treatment Training for Providers

by Kelsey Waddill

Aetna Better Health of Kentucky announced it will put $380,000 toward a mental health training program for providers to help them support members with adverse childhood events and...

Aetna Reduces Member Suicide Rate, Adolescents Behavioral Health Lagging

by Kelsey Waddill

CVS Health is making progress toward its behavioral health goal of decreasing the suicide rate among Aetna members by 20 percent by 2025, but progress among adolescent members is lagging, the...

CVS Health: How Educators, Parents Factor Into Adolescent Mental Health

by Kelsey Waddill

Adolescents are more likely to approach educators about mental health concerns than they are to approach their parents, but parents are more likely to initiate conversations about mental health than...

Aetna CVS Health Intends to Enter CA Individual Health Insurance Marketplace

by Kelsey Waddill

Aetna CVS Health announced that it plans to enter California’s individual health insurance marketplace. “With millions of Americans being uninsured or underinsured, our plans provide...

Aetna Medicaid Plan Recognized by NCQA for Health Equity Efforts

by Victoria Bailey

Aetna’s Medicaid plan in California, Aetna Better Health of California, has received the National Committee for Quality Assurance’s (NCQA) Multicultural Health Care Distinction,...

Aetna Takes Action to Enhance Adolescent Suicide Prevention

by Sarai Rodriguez

CVS Health and its payer arm, Aetna, will expand its existing program with Psych Hub, advancing its efforts around adolescent suicide prevention. Over the last several years, the number of teens...

CVS Health Expands Free Screening Program To Advance Health Equity

by Kelsey Waddill

CVS Health will cover community-based screening programs in two cities in an effort to prevent and detect chronic diseases and advance health equity. The company calls its effort to improve access to...

CVS Health: More Americans Value Mental Health Conversations

by Kelsey Waddill

CVS Health leaders emphasized the power of virtual care and other resources in mental health after a CVS Health survey identified that mental healthcare needs continue to climb across the...

Aetna Prioritized Member Mental Healthcare, Virtual Care in 2021

by Victoria Bailey

CVS Health and its payer arm, Aetna, aimed to make strides in the healthcare industry in 2021 by delivering affordable healthcare services to members, increasing access to virtual and mental...

Payer Affordable Care Act Marketplace Participation Grew in 2022

by Kelsey Waddill

An explosion in enrollment on the Affordable Care Act marketplace coincided with higher payer Affordable Care Act marketplace participation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF)...

CVS Health Contributes $9.2M to Address SDOH, Homelessness in DC

by Victoria Bailey

CVS Health is investing $9.2 million in affordable housing for Washington DC residents to help address social determinants of health and racial care disparities, including housing insecurity and...

Payer Third Quarter Earnings Results Spotlight COVID-19 Impact

by Kelsey Waddill

Payer third quarter earnings results indicated that the coronavirus pandemic had varying effects on major payers in 2021. For some payers, higher than expected levels of deferred care led to revenue...

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