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Bon Secours Mercy Health had accused an Elevance Health subsidiary of withholding nearly $100 million in reimbursements.

Intermountain Health previously inked a joint venture with UCHealth to form a clinically integrated provider network and jointly offer health insurance in Colorado.

The insurer said the cuts represent slightly more than 3% of its workforce. 

Elevance is not obligated to pay Blue Cross Louisiana a $75 million "exit fee" because the companies remain committed to completing the deal, a spokesperson said.

Federal oversight of the Medicaid eligibility redeterminations process has intensified as evidence mounts that millions of qualified enrollees are losing benefits.

UnitedHealth Group, the largest Medicare Advantage carrier, will eliminate plans including some jointly marketed with the AARP.

The agency alleges UnitedHealth violated Title VII of 1964's Civil Rights Act, which protects employees from religious discrimination in the workplace. 

State health insurance commissioners should retain their flexibility to regulate short-term health insurance products, trade groups wrote in comments to federal regulators. 

Bright Health Group is banking on recouping funds through asset sales to make good on its $380 million risk-adjustment shortfall. 

Oregon will seek federal approval to set up a Basic Health Program for moderate-income residents, which insurers worry would weaken the health insurance exchange.

Growing Medicare Advantage enrollment in rural areas is spurring health systems to make difficult choices about participating in the program.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is the latest health insurance company to scale back prior authorization rules amid complaints from providers, patients and policymakers.

Julie Simon Miller will be the heath insurance trade association AHIP's interim chief while it seeks a successor to Matt Eyles.

UnitedHealth Group, Cigna and other health insurance companies are easing prior authorization requirements amid an outcry from patients, providers and policymakers.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services aims to reclaim what the agency describes as billions of dollars in overpayments to Medicare Advantage insurers.