Passport Health Plan is among the losers in a bid to help manage Kentucky's $8 billion-a-year Medicaid business, according to the Courier Journal.

CVS Health will acquire a subsidiary of Centene Corp. in Illinois, the organizations said Dec. 2.

Anthem Blue Cross in California was slapped with $9.6 million in fines from January 2014 through November 2019, according to an analysis cited by the Los Angeles Times and written for Kaiser Health News.

The following payer executives changed their positions in November.

Here are 10 updates on UnitedHealth Group's business transactions, leadership and legal dealings reported by Becker's Hospital Review since October.

Rexburg-based Brigham Young University-Idaho will now allow Medicaid coverage to fulfill its student health insurance requirement, according to EastIdahoNews.com.

For the first time since 2005, CMS redesigned its Medicare Plan Finder, which helps seniors compare Medicare plan choices. However, consumer advocates say the tool is riddled with inaccurate cost estimates, according to ProPublica.

CVS Health-owned Aetna is considering selling its Coventry workers' compensation unit, three people familiar with the matter told The PE Hub Network.

Rexburg-based Brigham Young University-Idaho will no longer allow Medicaid coverage to fulfill its requirement that all students have health insurance, according to The New York Times.

Talya Schwartz, MD, president and CEO of MetroPlus Health Plan, spoke with Becker's Hospital Review about regulatory challenges and new initiatives the 500,000-member insurance arm of New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals is prioritizing for 2020.

Under a multiyear agreement, UnitedHealthcare will open 14 Medicare service centers in Walgreens stores across the U.S., the organizations said Nov. 25.

ProMedica froze enrollment in its managed Medicaid program as the Toledo, Ohio-based health system faces more than $100 million in losses due to the plan, according to The Blade.

Cigna is closing an office building in Hooksett, N.H., that housed about 250 employees, according to the New Hampshire Union Leader.

David Cordani, the CEO of Cigna, said the insurer would consider buying more companies in the future, according to Bloomberg.

Two Michigan health plans — Priority Health and Total Health Care — received approval from Michigan regulators to combine, the organizations said Nov. 21.

Six recent articles posted by Becker's Hospital Review that concern payer-provider relationships:

Florida Blue may drop Health First, a Rockledge, Fla.-based hospital system and insurer, from its network due to rate disagreements, according to Florida Today.

Employees are reporting higher stress and less satisfaction when it comes to their health insurance benefits, according to a survey conducted by Aflac.

Disparities between coverage for behavioral health services and medical/surgical services are widening, according to a research report from consulting firm Milliman.

Aetna's Medicaid contract in Kansas is still at risk, but state regulators said the insurer is turning around its operations for the better, NPR affiliate KCUR reports.