UnitedHealth COO Dirk McMahon to retire
McMahon is leaving after two decades at the massive healthcare company.
Walgreens replaces healthcare unit lead in latest executive shakeup
Mary Langowski, who previously worked on CVS’ healthcare services strategy, will replace John Driscoll as president of Walgreens’ U.S. Healthcare segment.
Molina’s redeterminations losses reach 500K members
As for Medicare Advantage, the insurer said it expects proposed 2025 rates other payers have slammed as a cut would actually boost its benchmark rate.
AHA calls for more payer oversight in No Surprises dispute resolution
In comments on a proposed rule, the American Hospital Association argued regulators haven’t fully addressed how they’ll handle oversight for some situations, like when an insurer fails to pay after a dispute determination.
Amazon cuts hundreds of One Medical, Amazon Pharmacy jobs
The layoffs come after the CEO praised the divisions’ “momentum” on a fourth-quarter earnings call.
CVS cuts 2024 outlook on Medicare Advantage ‘caution’
The insurer on Wednesday joined its peers in slamming proposed MA payment rates as insufficient given the dogged increase in medical costs.
Chicago children’s hospital network still offline following ‘cybersecurity matter’
Lurie Children’s Hospital first reported the outage last week. Phone, email and electronic systems are still down.
HHS settles cybersecurity investigation with Montefiore Medical Center
The nonprofit will pay $4.75 million to settle allegations that data security failures allowed an employee to steal and sell the protected health information of thousands of patients, according to the HHS.
Centene echoes Humana’s concerns about proposed MA rate drop
On the insurer’s earnings call, analysts peppered Centene with questions about its Medicare Advantage business until its CFO attempted to change the subject.
HCA Healthcare taps new CIO
The announcement comes a week after the for-profit operator also announced a replacement for its CFO.