UnitedHealthcare has prevailed in its lawsuit against CMS regarding the methodology used to calculate its 2025 Medicare Advantage star ratings. The lawsuit, filed Sept. 30 in the U.S. District Court ...

States spend nearly $40 billion annually on expanded Medicaid coverage under the ACA, according to KFF. Medicaid is financed by the federal government and the states based on per capita income. The ...

Employer-sponsored insurance costs rose about 5% in 2024, driven in part by coverage of expensive weight loss medications, according to Mercer's National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans.

Changes could be coming for Medicaid in the next presidential administration. In his first term in office, President-elect Donald Trump's administration backed block grant funding for the program, and ...

Payer executives shifted their focus to population health and implemented new strategies in 2024. The five executives featured in this article are speaking at Becker's Spring Payer Issues Roundtable.