Optum Rx, the pharmacy benefit manager under UnitedHealth Group, will remove prior authorization requirements for approximately 80 prescription drugs, aiming to streamline access for patients with ...

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina has restructured to become a subsidiary of a new parent holding company, CuraCor Solutions. CuraCor will include Blue Cross NC and other fully owned ...

UnitedHealthcare added more than 400,000 Medicare Advantage members during the annual open enrollment period, according to data CMS published Feb. 25. Elevance Health and UnitedHealthcare added to ...

Most Medicare Advantage enrollees rate supplemental benefits as important, but less than half report using dental or vision benefits each year, according to a report from the Commonwealth Fund. The ...

California has reached a $1.3 million settlement with Sedera and Sedera Medical Cost Sharing Community to resolve allegations that they advertised and sold “sham” health insurance plans to more than 2 ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is asking lawmakers for an additional $2.8 billion to fund the state’s Medicaid program through the end of the year, Politico reported March 17. The request comes after Mr ...

The federal government is expected to spend $80 billion more on Medicare Advantage beneficiaries in 2025 than if these beneficiaries were enrolled in fee-for-service plans, and UnitedHealth Group ...

JPMorgan Chase is the latest large corporation to face a lawsuit from employees alleging mismanagement of its employee prescription drug benefits plan, which is administered by CVS Health. The lawsuit ...

Cigna Group CEO David Cordani earned $23.3 million in 2024. The company reported the earnings of its top executives in its annual proxy report published March 14. Mr. Cordani earned $2 million more ...

Nevada plans to award contracts to five insurers to manage the state's Medicaid program through 2029. According to a notice of intent to award published March 12, the state chose UnitedHealthcare, ...