Sen. Bernie Sanders is asking the Government Accountability Office to investigate why some payers are charging members for birth control, which violates the ACA. The ACA requires most health plans to ...

Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health and Aetna will be out of network on July 1 without a new contract in place. Aetna Medicare Advantage members could lose coverage July 1 across ...

UnitedHealthcare's brand is worth more than $47 billion, according to estimates from Brand Finance. The marketing research firm published its annual ranking of the most valuable healthcare services ...

In 2023, 25 million people in the U.S. had no health insurance, according to a preliminary survey published in June by the National Center for Health Statistics. The survey is based on data from ...

William Donaldson, who led Aetna for an influential 13 months, died June 12 at age 93. Mr. Donaldson was appointed CEO of Aetna in February 2000, according to a June 17 report from The New York Times.

Public health and the rest of the healthcare delivery system have long operated in silos in the U.S. While progress was made during the COVID-19 pandemic, CDC Director Mandy Cohen, MD, stressed that ...

Legislation aiming to reform the Medicare Advantage prior authorization process has the backing of 389 national and state organizations, ranging from the American Hospital Association to Humana. Here ...

From AMA priorities to new legislation, here are five updates on prior authorization Becker's has reported since May 28: 1. New American Medical Association President Bruce Scott, MD, talked with ...

UnitedHealth Group's board of directors authorized a $2.10 per-share cash dividend to be paid on June 25. The dividend will be paid to all shareholders of record as of the close of business June 17, ...

A federal lawsuit from UnitedHealth Group was dismissed in May against two former executives, which alleged they stole and used confidential company information to create their own competing product ...

The board of directors for Orange, Calif.-based CalOptima Health has approved a $526.2 million investment to increase pay rates for hospitals, providers, community clinics, behavioral health providers ...

From Kraft Heinz suing Aetna for alleged mismanagement of employee claims data to Elevance Health being sued by contracted labor unions for reportedly restricting claims data access, certain ...