UnitedHealthcare’s vision and dental plans received the highest customer satisfaction scores in 2021, JD Power’s 2021 satisfaction reports found.
Vision and dental plan overall...
Humana has announced a multi-year, Medicare Advantage value-based contract to extend access to value-based care for members in Minnesota.
“This value-based agreement for Humana Medicare...
In 2021, prescription drug benefits took many forms as employers and payers played with tier structures and cost-sharing strategies to help manage prescription drug costs for employees, a Kaiser Family...
Updated 11/22/2021: This article has been updated to correct a statistic in order to indicate that large firms on average contributed $16,132 to the employee premium and $937 to each...
More than eight out of ten survey participants in UnitedHealthcare’s sixth annual Consumer Sentiment Survey indicated that they are ready to choose a health plan during 2022 open enrollment...
Trustmark Health Benefits (Trustmark), the employer-sponsored health benefits arm of Trustmark Mutual Holding Company, has announced that it will partner with Teladoc to form a virtual-first health...
Humana has announced new efforts to improve veteran population health management.
The payer will introduce the veteran community into its Bold Goal communities, giving them the same kind of population...
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...
Updated 11/9/2021: This article has been updated to say that patients who lost weight due to the program lost on average 12 percent of their weight. A previous version stated that 12 percent of...
For certain diseases, some payers implement step therapy protocols that are stricter than clinical and regulatory entities have recommended, researchers found in a Health Affairs study.
“Step...
United Behavioral Health is being sued for allegedly denying mental healthcare and substance abuse care claims through its bundled payment policy.
United Behavioral Health administers UnitedHealth...
The coronavirus pandemic has left its mark on health insurer and enrollee trends, an eHealth report confirmed.
The report based its findings on over 2,200 anonymous survey responses from the American...
Many consumers are considering changing their healthcare plan during open enrollment 2022, a movement largely motivated by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a ValuePenguin study.
The...
Aetna members will have better access to gene therapies in 2022, the payer announced.
“Gene therapy is poised for significant growth in the coming years, and the promise of durable improvement...
Employer-sponsored primary care clinics are a steadily growing trend among large employers and one that experts anticipate to persist as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study...
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...
Private health plan members have found that payers’ mental healthcare networks are less adequate than their medical health networks, a study published in the JAMA Network Open revealed.
There...
Prescription digital therapeutics (PDTs) coverage remains nascent, as the adoption rate is only at 40 percent among the minority of payers who have familiarity with PDTs, according to a survey that...
UnitedHealthcare (UHC) has provided $175,000 to medical practice UWH of North Carolina to support group prenatal care and boost maternal health outcomes for pregnant people across the state.
UWH of...
More Medicare Advantage health plans will deliver social determinants of health and non-medical supplemental benefits in 2022 and the existence of $0 premium plans continues to grow, an Avalere study...
