While many employees consider themselves knowledgeable about health insurance enrollment, their responses to various questions about general health insurance questions would indicate otherwise,...
SCAN Health Plan (SCAN) announced it will be extending Medicare Advantage plans into Texas and new counties in Nevada in 2023.
“As SCAN continues to grow and build its national reputation as a...
The presence of long COVID may spur changes in health insurance coverage, as people with employer-sponsored health plans may have to cut back their hours or stop working, according to data from the...
For the second year in a row, Humana has ranked number one for customer experience quality in Forrester’s 2022 US Customer Experience Benchmark survey, highlighting the payer’s commitment...
Telehealth flexibilities during the coronavirus pandemic contributed to a 26 percent spike in overall utilization of in-network outpatient behavioral health, according to a report from UnitedHealth...
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...
Cigna is expanding its Medicare Advantage transportation benefit to bring Medicare Advantage members to locations where they can avoid the extreme heat.
“Older adults tend to be more susceptible...
Tailored care and streamlining payment and insurance functions can help improve families’ experiences with special needs care for children with special needs, according to UnitedHealth...
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,...
Data on employees continues to exhibit care disparities that signal a lack of health equity in employer-sponsored health plans, according to a report from NORC at the University of Chicago (NORC)...
Medicare Advantage plans are seeing low healthcare spending, strong diversity, and high enrollment in 2022 compared to 2021 and earlier years, according to the Better Medicare Alliance’s 2022...
UnitedHealthcare has announced that it will eliminate out-of-pocket healthcare costs for insulin and other emergency use drugs for fully insured group health plan members.
Members will be able to...
Employer-sponsored health plan coverage is not common among employees who face a higher risk of workplace injury, a Value Penguin study revealed.
The study relied on data from the US Census...
UnitedHealth Group has dedicated $25 million toward a fund that will bolster development projects for mixed-income housing to address social determinants of health in New England.
The fund is called...
Although the No Surprises Act went into effect at the beginning of 2022 to protect consumers from receiving unexpected healthcare bills, consumers have reported that they continue to be affected by...
Given the 18 percent denial rate for in-network claims in 2020, payers on the Affordable Care Act marketplace should offer more robust transparency around data reporting for in-network claims denials,...
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...
HealthONE, the most extensive Denver-based healthcare system, announced it would be joining the UnitedHealthcare Doctors Plan of Colorado, expanding its network size to enhance patient care access.
By...
Health Net has been recognized in an Institute for Medicaid Innovation (IMI) report for the payer’s work in health equity, along with various other stakeholders that have made progress on...
Employer-sponsored health plans will generate a 47 percent return on investment (ROI) for employers in 2022, mainly driven by reduced direct medical costs, higher productivity, and tax benefits,...