Independence Blue Cross has offered buyouts to some employees, the company said in a statement shared with Becker’s. The company did not say how many employees were given voluntary separation offers. ...

A new Medicare Advantage brand is launching, and insurers are shaking up longstanding commission structures in the program. Here are seven Medicare Advantage updates Becker’s has reported since June ...

UnitedHealth Group will require some hybrid employees in Minnesota and Washington, D.C. to be in office four days per week starting July 7, the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reported. It is ...

In five large counties, payers own more than one-third of the primary care market, according to a study published in the July issue of Health Affairs Scholar found. Payers, including Optum, Aetna, ...

A virtual diabetes management program offered by UnitedHealthcare has shown measurable changes in members’ behavior, and for some employers, a return on investment. The Level2 program, originally ...

A silver-level insurance plan costs nearly 20% of the median monthly household income in Vermont, according to WalletHub. The personal finance company published a ranking of states spending the most ...

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana has lost its legal challenge against CMS over how its 2025 Medicare Advantage star ratings were calculated. On July 9, the U.S. District Court for the District ...

Elevance Health and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association are suing LifeX Research Corporation, accusing the Georgia-based company of fraudulently using the insurers’ trademarks to sell fake health ...

The affordability of employer-sponsored health insurance varies significantly by household income, according to a report from the Peterson-KFF Health System tracker. Average employer-sponsored ...

Tools that allow providers to see prescription cost estimates at the time of prescribing did not have any effect on cost, a study published July 3 in JAMA Network Open found. The cohort study included ...

Last week, a coalition of more than 50 major health insurers signed a pledge at a Washington, D.C. summit to “simplify” prior authorization. Led by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Centers for ...

On July 4, President Donald Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which includes major changes for employee benefits. 1. Starting January 1, individuals enrolled in bronze and catastrophic ...