Here are four recent disputes involving UnitedHealth Group and physician staffing firms: 

Here are five updates on Humana's recent operations and partnerships reported by Becker's Hospital Review since June.

Here are seven contract impasses and agreements that took place between payers and providers since June 1:

The COVID-19 pandemic will cost Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina more than it expected, the health insurer's new CEO Tunde Sotunde, MD, told The News & Observer. 

As part of an ongoing series, Becker's is talking to healthcare leaders who plan to speak at the first-ever Becker's Healthcare Payer Issues Virtual Summit, which will take place Aug. 3 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. CDT. 

As part of an ongoing series, Becker's is talking to healthcare leaders who plan to speak at the first-ever Becker's Healthcare Payer Issues Virtual Summit, which will take place Aug. 3 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. CDT. 

As part of an ongoing series, Becker's is talking to healthcare leaders who plan to speak at the first-ever Becker's Healthcare Payer Issues Virtual Summit, which will take place Aug. 3 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. CDT. 

As part of an ongoing series, Becker's is talking to healthcare leaders who plan to speak at the first-ever Becker's Healthcare Payer Issues Virtual Summit, which will take place Aug. 3 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. CDT. 

Humana will work with nonprofit dialysis provider Dialysis Clinic and its affiliate Reach Kidney Care to coordinate care across four states, the organizations said July 20.

Health Alliance Plan, the health insurer owned by Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, will increase its benefit offerings in 2021 and 2022, according to MiBiz.

An appeals court upheld the Trump administration's expansion of short-term health plans in a 2-1 decision July 17. 

Molina Healthcare entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Passport Health Plan's Medicaid and dual eligible special needs plan assets.

Spartanburg (S.C.) Regional Healthcare System is no longer considered an in-network provider for Cigna's commercial health plan members. 

UnitedHealth Group's health services subsidiary Optum saw large revenue and profit gains in the second quarter of fiscal year 2020.

Parkland Community Health Plan, a publicly funded insurer serving the Dallas area, plans to hire about 100 new employees by the end of this year amid increased need for its services, according to a company announcement provided to Becker's.

Seattle-based UW Medicine and Cigna inked a new agreement ahead of an Aug. 1 termination deadline.

SCAN Health Plan, a nonprofit Medicare Advantage insurer in California, recognized 10 medical groups as being among the "top-performing" in its network.

The Illinois Department of Insurance fined health insurers more than $2 million for violating mental health parity laws.

In 2018, there were 590 private equity (PE) deals in the US healthcare industry collectively worth more than $88 billion.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts will pilot a new payment model for primary care practices next year.