Datapoint: Blue Cross NC’s Value-Based Care Program Saves $200M in in 2020
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina’s value-based care program, Blue Premier, saved $197 million in 2020, according to an Aug. 25 release from the insurer. Specifically,...
Datapoint: Cigna Plots 2022 Exchange Expansion
Cigna Corp. will offer Affordable Care Act exchange products in three new states, while expanding its current market to 93 new counties overall, according to an Aug. 26 press release. The new states are Georg...
Datapoint: GuideWell to Acquire Triple-S Management Corp.
GuideWell Mutual Holding Corporation, the parent company of Florida Blue and Capital Health Plan, Inc. last week revealed it has entered a $900 million deal to acquire Puerto Rico-based Triple-S Management Corp. W...
Datapoint: Bright Health Plots Large Expansion for 2022
Startup insurer Bright Health says it will enter 42 new markets for the 2022 plan year, according to an Aug. 17 press release. New state markets include California, Georgia, Texas, Utah and Virginia. Notably, Bri...
Datapoint: GSK Expands Jemperli’s Oncology Reach
The FDA last week granted accelerated approval to GlaxoSmithKline’s Jemperli for the treatment of mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) solid tumors that have progressed despite previous treatment. The PD-1 drug was ...
Datapoint: Jardiance Catches Up With Farxiga in Heart Failure
The FDA last week approved Eli Lilly and Boehringer Ingelheim’s SGLT2 inhibitor Jardiance for the treatment of heart failure in patients with reduced ejection fraction, regardless of diabetic status. Jardiance i...
Datapoint: Alignment Health Plan, Rite Aid to Launch Co-branded MA Plans
Insurance startup Alignment Health Plan is set to launch co-branded Medicare Advantage (MA) products with Rite Aid for the 2022 plan year. The plans will be available in Southern California markets, and offer enha...
Datapoint: Centene Rejoins Ohio Medicaid With $88M Settlement
Following an $88.3 million settlement with the state over mismanaged pharmacy benefits, Centene Corp. is back in Ohio’s good graces, scoring a renewed Medicaid contract for 2022. Beginning in January, Ohio is...
Datapoint: Oscar Health Plots Major 2022 Expansion
Startup insurer Oscar Health last week said it will expand its individual and family plan products to three new states, Arkansas, Illinois and Nebraska, for the 2022 plan year. Altogether, the insurer will expand ...
Datapoint: CMS Pulls Work Requirements in Three More States
The Biden administration last week rescinded work requirement approvals in Ohio, South Carolina and Utah, according to letters sent by CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to the states. The reform was never...