A Texas state judge handed a victory to system-owned health plans that missed out on Texas' Medicaid contract awards, The Dallas Morning News reported Oct. 4. District Judge Laurie Eiserloh issued a ...

Authorizing Medicare to cover weight loss drugs would cost the federal government an estimated $35 billion over nine years, according to a new report from the Congressional Budget Office. The report ...

Vice President Kamala Harris has proposed expanding Medicare coverage for home healthcare, NPR reported Oct. 8. Ms. Harris explained the details of her proposal on daytime talk show The View, campaign ...

Huntsville (Ala.) Hospital Health System is terminating its contract with UnitedHealthcare. In an Oct. 10 news release, the system said it issued a notice of termination to the insurer. The split ...

Average Medicare Advantage star ratings declined for the third year in a row, according to CMS data published Oct. 10. The average Medicare Advantage star rating for 2025 is 3.92, down from 4.07 in ...

Over the last month, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed 17 bills pertaining to the deployment and regulation of generative AI technology, including legislation that will require health insurers ...

Zing Health is plotting an expansion in the Medicare Advantage market. The Chicago-based insurer picked up a $140 million funding round in September. The company was born out of Health2047, the ...

CVS Health will lay off 416 employees at Aetna's headquarters in Hartford, Conn. In a WARN notice filed Oct. 6, the company said 93 employees work at the facility in Hartford. The other employees work ...

The average annual premiums for employer-sponsored insurance for families increased by 7% in 2024, according to KFF's annual Employer Health Benefits Survey. KFF published its annual survey Oct. 9.

MedHQ, a healthcare advisory and administrative service provider, has named Michael Drucker CFO. Mr. Drucker joins the company from Health Care Service Corp., the Chicago-based parent of five Blue ...

Value-based primary care company Cityblock Health has named former UnitedHealth Group executive Michael Roaldi as its president. Mr. Roaldi spent nearly a decade at UnitedHealth Group, according to an ...

From a "landmark policy change" to CVS Health announcing another round of layoffs, here are 10 updates on Aetna that Becker's has reported since Aug. 13: 1. CVS Health will lay off 416 employees at ...