During a featured session at Becker’s 3rd Annual Payer Issues Roundtable, Bob Tavernier, Sales Solutions Executive with Quest Analytics®, and Karen Tachian, Senior Director of Network Regulatory ...

Federal lawmakers have introduced a handful of bills aimed at speeding up prior authorization and cracking down on upcoding in Medicare Advantage. None of the introduced bills have been heard in ...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has vetoed a key provision from the state’s budget plan that would have required coverage of weight loss medications for state employees and their dependents for the ...

CMS will raise limits for payments to Medicare Advantage brokers for 2026. According to a notice from CMS published June 18, plans can pay brokers up to $694 for new enrollments in MA plans, and $347 ...

The Trump administration and insurers appear to have their own changes to reimbursement practices in store, with announcements expected next week — adding to funding changes outlined in Congress’ ...

Philadelphia-based Independence Blue Cross has launched a new GenAI customer service tool to support customer service representatives in improving accuracy and speed of customer interactions, ...

Proposed changes to Medicare Advantage are unlikely to be included in a final budget deal, The Hill reported June 11. Senators had floated adding provisions of the No UPCODE Act, which targets ...

Humana is taking proactive steps to address burnout and improve engagement for its thousands of employed or affiliated clinicians by focusing on well-being, reducing turnover, and tackling ...

Cigna is launching a suite of AI tools designed to help members navigate their health benefits. The new features are being rolled out in phases on Cigna’s member portal, according to a June 12 news ...

Groups representing insurers are pushing back on proposed tighter regulations on Medicare Advantage coding. Senate Republicans are considering targeted changes to Medicare Advantage as part of the ...

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has signed the Ensuring Transparency in Prior Authorization Act, which aims to overhaul the prior authorization process in the state by making prior auth requirements publicly ...

When medically complex patients require hospital care, they tend to experience longer recovery times than other patients do and are more likely to readmit to the ICU. 1,2 Kindred Hospitals, a network ...