Digital identity wallet service ID.me entered into a contract with CMS, with rollouts to improve secured access and user experience coming to Medicare.gov in early 2026. ID.me will act as an identity ...

Computerworld’s 32nd report on the top places to work in IT featured five health payers. The Dec. 9 list relied on a survey from Computerworld publisher Foundry and included a breakdown by company ...

UnitedHealthcare reached a settlement with a cap of $6.75 million in a class-action lawsuit over coverage of proton beam therapy for cancer patients, according to a Dec. 12 court filing in the ...

Humana’s insurance segment president, George Renaudin, will retire by the third quarter of 2026 following a nearly 30 year career at the company. He will serve as a strategic advisor to the company ...

Evry Health CEO and co-founder Chris Gay thinks the health insurance industry could eliminate prior authorizations entirely, but only if providers meet insurers halfway. On the Becker’s Payer Issues ...

Kaiser Permanente’s Northern and Southern California health plans have been named the highest-quality commercial plans in the state by the California Center for Data Insights and Innovation. The ...

Health plans were early adopters of AI, using it to streamline claims processing, support call centers and manage utilization. Now, they’re ramping up AI deployment to enhance member experience, ...

Chapel Hill-based University of North Carolina Health and Cigna have established a “long-term” agreement to maintain coverage, according to a Dec. 12 news release from the health system. UNC Health ...

On Dec. 15, CMS published 24 quality and efficiency measures under consideration for adoption in Medicare programs. HHS employs this pre-rulemaking process to decide on measures for Medicare programs ...

UnitedHealth Group continues to be the largest health insurer in the U.S., with nearly 45 million members in 2025, according to the Peterson-KFF health system tracker. The data is from Mark Farrah ...

Traditional Medicare could have saved $7 billion from 2019 to 2023 across four services had it mirrored Medicare Advantage’s utilization rates and fraud strategies, according to a December Berkeley ...

Average worker contributions toward family insurance premiums grew by 308% between 1999 and 2024, according to a Dec. 8 research letter published in JAMA Network Open. Researchers from Rice University ...