CMS released a proposed rule May 29 to change the methodology of HHS' risk adjustment data validation, or RADV, program.

Cigna is eliminating cost-sharing for all in-person and virtual primary care, specialty care and behavioral healthcare visits for COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 care, the payer said June 1. 

The following payer executives changed their positions in May.

The health insurance industry has changed how it reimburses for telemedicine and diagnostic testing for COVID-19-related services. Maureen Sullivan, chief strategy and innovation officer at the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, told Yahoo Finance the industry is likely to see more widespread change related to reimbursement as telemedicine use and testing climb.

Cigna is providing employers a new opportunity to help employees who may need financial assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic.

U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., sent a letter to the CEO of UnitedHealth Group May 26 that questioned whether the health insurance company has moved to narrow its provider network and decrease reimbursement during the pandemic.

Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine and UnitedHealth Group have partnered to launch a digital mental health program called Cobalt.

Delaware insurance officials have ordered actions to address reports of premium errors among some Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield members with supplemental Medicare coverage.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is sending its customers more than $100 million in rebates this year as the insurer sees significantly fewer claims for healthcare services deferred by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Houston Methodist facilities and physicians are moving back into UnitedHealthcare's network after roughly six months of a negotiation impasse, according to the Houston Chronicle. 

Humana will collaborate with Healthmap Solutions, a population health management company that has expertise in kidney health, to provide some of its members with kidney disease care coordination services. 

Fourteen million members in Cigna's employer-sponsored health plans can now talk and text with on-demand licensed therapists through a partnership with online and mobile therapy company Talkspace. 

Some of the nation's largest commercial payers have seen their stocks fall slightly this year, while others have seen gains despite new pressures presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.

NovuHealth named Steve Wigginton, a former executive with Sutter Health | Aetna, as CEO of the consumer engagement company.

Centene Corp. named an inaugural group of medical and community leaders to its health disparities task force, the insurer said May 18.

Several near-term and long-term challenges will be coming to state Medicaid programs amid the COVID-19 pandemic, from enrollment growth to financial hardships.

Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Blue Cross Blue Shield plans were among the highest-ranked health plans in the most regions for consumer insight firm J.D. Power's annual member satisfaction survey.

The following payer executives changed their positions in May.

A court ordered Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas to pay more than $108 million in damages and attorney fees to two closed rural Texas hospitals.

America's Health Insurance Plans, the national trade association for health insurers, is telling members to extend prior authorizations for elective surgeries and procedures that were postponed due to COVID-19.