Aligning wound patient needs with the appropriate level of care can have a significant impact on patients, hospitals, and payors. In one recent case study, two hospitals reduced wound patients’ ...

Payer leaders need a flexible mindset, data know-how and big-picture thinking to succeed in 2025, according to more than a dozen executives. Becker’s reached out to 17 executives to learn what ...

CareOregon has laid off 80 employees and eliminated 70 empty positions in response to financial headwinds, the Oregonian reported July 22. According to the report, the layoffs included positions at ...

New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte has signed a bill that requires insurers to notify the state’s insurance department at least 90 days in advance before discontinuing a line of business, including ...

Attorneys representing Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in late 2024, have accused the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office of improperly obtaining over ...

A coalition of 21 Democratic-led states are suing HHS and CMS over new ACA rules they allege would impose significant barriers to receiving health coverage. The lawsuit, filed July 17 in the U.S.

California’s insurance commissioner has issued a cease and desist order against Innovative Partners for illegally acting as an insurer in the state and offering health coverage without proper ...

CMS is implementing a final rule that will shorten the open enrollment period on the ACA exchange and create stricter eligibility verifications for enrollees. In a June 20 news release, the agency ...

Cigna Healthcare offers the best digital experience to commercial members, while UPMC Health Plan provides the best experience to Medicare Advantage enrollees, according to J.D. Power’s 2025 U.S.

Health care is shifting its approach to women’s health. Who better to explain what’s driving that change than women executives at UnitedHealthcare and the Advisory Board. In an effort to create a more ...

UnitedHealth Group has made several executive leadership moves in 2024, including adding president to CFO John Rex's title and naming Heather Cianfrocco Optum's CEO.

Six things to know about the two-midnight rule and how it applies to Medicare Advantage: 1. In the 2014 Medicare inpatient prospective payment system final rule, CMS included a new regulation for ...