UnitedHealth Group has purchased a four-story, 79,000 square foot medical office building in Henderson, Nevada. The $46.1 million building houses Optum Nevada’s new Cactus Healthcare Center and marks ...

ACA enhanced tax credits may best be described as a “will they or won’t they” — will Congress extend them past the end of the year, or are they on track to expire? While an extension could happen, the ...

Arkansas will see the largest percentage increase in average ACA benchmark premiums between 2025 and 2026, while Alaska is the only state where the average benchmark premium will decline, according to ...

Humana is not letting go of its 2025 Medicare Advantage star ratings case. In the wake of the dismissal of Humana’s lawsuit with prejudice in October, the insurer announced plans to appeal to the 5th ...

CMS published its 2027 Medicare Advantage and Part D proposed rule on Nov. 25 that includes an overhaul of how star ratings are calculated, new enrollment flexibilities, and rollbacks of Biden-era ...

Cobalt Health Solutions, a subsidiary of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Mo.), is selling Cobalt MedPlans to MDI NetworX, according to a Nov. 24 news release. Cobalt MedPlans offers ...

In 2025, health plans put emerging tech to use, but also had to discover and utilize workarounds for government regulations from the current administration. For many payers, navigating the past year ...

America’s Health Insurance Plans, a trade association, published a report on the use of long-term care insurance across the country. For its “Long-Term Care Insurance Coverage: State-to-State 2025” ...

Ten providers recently posted job listings seeking leaders in payer contracting and relations. Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Listings were compiled from job-seeker sites. 1. Albany (N.Y.) ...

Vermont will have the highest average monthly premiums for the lowest-cost Gold-tier marketplace plan in 2026, while Maryland will have the lowest, according to KFF. The national average is $615.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill ensuring one rescue inhaler and one maintenance inhaler would be available to patients on state-regulated health plans, free of charge, according to a Nov. 24 ...