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Health Insurers Take Major Accountability Step On Prior Authorization

Forbes Healthcare

JUNE 20, 2025

Health insurers including Cigna, Aetna, Humana and Elevance Health are easing prior authorization, the process of insurers reviewing hospital admissions and medications.

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Cigna Profits Hit $1.3 Billion As Health Insurer Gets Handle On Costs

Forbes Healthcare

MAY 2, 2025

billion as the health insurer gains control of rising medical costs and its Evernorth business continues to perform well. Cigna swung to a first quarter profit of $1.3

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Centene Latest Insurer Facing Higher Costs As GOP Preps Bigger Hit

Forbes Healthcare

JULY 1, 2025

News government-subsidized health insurer Centene is pulling its 2025 profit outlook comes as the Republican Congress is poised to shrink the Medicaid market.

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Health Insurers Vow To Simplify And Reduce Pre-Approval Process

Forbes Healthcare

JUNE 23, 2025

UnitedHealthcare, Aetna and Cigna are among more than 50 insurers vowing to simplify and reduce prior authorization, the process of reviewing medical treatments.

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Insurance Is So Complicated, Even Doctors Don’t Know What You’ll Have To Pay

Forbes Healthcare

MAY 29, 2025

When given information on a patient's insurance coverage, physicians still had trouble estimating their out-of-pocket costs

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A Path Forward For The US Health Insurance Industry

Forbes Healthcare

JANUARY 6, 2025

A path forward for the US health insurance industry following the mixed public reaction to United Healthgroup CEO Brian Thompsons tragic murder.

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Insurers Expand Coverage Of Prescriptions Written By Pharmacists

Forbes Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Health insurance companies are expanding coverage of more prescriptions written by pharmacists as more states ease prescribing rules.

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Could Health Insurance Brokers Heal Our Broken Healthcare System?

Forbes Healthcare

JULY 9, 2024

Refining the role of health insurance brokers could unlock a major augmentation of the US healthcare workforce.

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Why Are Cash Prices Lower Than Health Insurance Negotiated Prices?

Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 21, 2024

Growing evidence demonstrates a counterintuitive phenomenon in healthcare: the cash price is often cheaper than insurance prices for the same service or product.

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Big Insurers UnitedHealth, Elevance Ride Out Medicare Advantage Storm

Forbes Healthcare

JULY 22, 2024

Second quarter profits of the largest health insurers - Elevance Health and UnitedHealth Group - are an indication the industry is weathering Medicare Advantage issues.

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Vance Suggests Changes To Health Insurance That May Raise Premiums For Those With Preexisting Conditions

Forbes Healthcare

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Vance talks of placing people with chronic conditions into separate insurance pools. Insurers may then charge higher premiums for people with pre-existing conditions.

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You Could Pay More For Healthcare With Insurance Than Without

Forbes Healthcare

JULY 4, 2024

Health insurance is supposed to save us money when we need healthcare services, especially for emergency care. But in some cases it can cost us more.

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This Startup Built A Hospital In India To Test Its AI Software

Forbes Healthcare

JULY 1, 2025

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These Entrepreneurs Are Using AI To Fight Health Insurance Claims Denials

Forbes Healthcare

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Health insurers use AI to approve or deny claims. Now patients are getting access to AI-driven tools to fight back.

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Why Health Insurance Feels Like A Scam: Paying More And Getting Less

Forbes Healthcare

JANUARY 13, 2025

Price discrepancies for the same medical procedures show how unfair insurance practices erode trust, leaving patients confused, financially strained, and feeling helpless.

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For 2025, Insurers Pull Back Slightly On Medicare Advantage Footprints

Forbes Healthcare

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Health insurance companies including CVS Health's Aetna, Cigna and Humana are pulling back slightly on their Medicare Advantage footprints after years of expansions.

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Will Big Health Insurers Expand 2025 Medicare Advantage Footprints?

Forbes Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

It's unclear whether big health insurers will expand their geographic footprints for 2025 as they have in the past.

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Societal Perceptions Of Health Insurers: Knights, Knaves, Or Pawns?

Forbes Healthcare

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Health insurers are variably represented as knights, knaves, or pawns in public discourse. Getting their underlying motivation right is critical.

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Doctors, patients, insurers all frustrated with prior authorization, RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz say

Medical Economics

JUNE 23, 2025

and Dr. Oz say Author(s): Richard Payerchin Fact checked by: Todd Shryock Key Takeaways Health insurers are committed to standardizing electronic PA submissions and reducing services requiring PA by 2026. SHOW MORE HHS, CMS leaders announce massive health insurance industry to reform prior authorization across health care. Kennedy Jr.

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Elevance Health Latest Insurer Battered By Higher Medical Costs

Forbes Healthcare

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Elevance Health is the latest health insurance company to report higher-than-expected medical costs as third quarter profits fell more than 20%.

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Humana 2024 Profits Hit $1.2 Billion As Insurer Exits Unprofitable Medicare Markets

Forbes Healthcare

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

billion in 2024 profits that included a $693 million fourth quarter loss as the health insurer exits unprofitable Medicare Advantage markets. Humana Tuesday reported $1.2

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Insurance companies vow to fix prior authorization process…again

Medical Economics

JUNE 23, 2025

Key initiatives include standardizing electronic submissions, reducing claims subject to prior authorization, and ensuring continuity of care during insurance transitions. This action is designed to help patients avoid delays and maintain continuity of care during insurance transitions. Beginning Jan. Expanding Real-Time Responses.

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Florida Blue CEO To Retire From Fast-Growing Health Insurer

Forbes Healthcare

MARCH 31, 2025

Pat Geraghty, the longtime top executive of one of the nations fastest-growing health insurance companies in Florida Blue, will retire at the end of this year.

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Palantir Sues Y Combinator Startup Over Alleged Trade Secret Theft

Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 1, 2025

Former Palantir employees Mayank Jain and Pranav Pillai started Guardian AI to help healthcare providers fight insurance claim denials. Now their former employer is suing them for allegedly stealing trade secrets.

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Firework Injuries- How To Stay Safe And Avoid The ER On July 4th

Forbes Healthcare

JULY 1, 2025

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As Election Looms, Insurers Offer More Obamacare Plans In Red States

Forbes Healthcare

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Republican-led states historically opposed to the Affordable Care Act are seeing an influx of health insurance options for 2025 as insurers see a new market opportunity.

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$10 Short? No Health Insurance For You

Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 16, 2025

Some people's insurance plans change from free to $5 or $10/month. That small difference is enough for many of them to lose coverage.

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Insurance Coverage For Ozempic, Zepbound Went Down In 2025

Forbes Healthcare

MARCH 21, 2025

While the number of prescription fills for GLP-1 receptor agonists has continued to increase, health Insurance coverage for meds like Ozempic and Zepbound has decreased.

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Insurer Denies Access To Drugs Granted Accelerated Approval By FDA

Forbes Healthcare

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Going forward, we may see more instances in which insurers deny or (temporarily) severely restrict coverage of accelerated approvals, as Independence Blue Cross has done.

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A New Study Targets Genetic Risk For Mental Illness

Forbes Healthcare

JUNE 19, 2025

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How Health Insurance ‘Prior Authorization’ Works. And How To Fix It

Forbes Healthcare

MARCH 23, 2024

Health insurers increasingly use prior authorization to review care decisions. This leads to delays and administrative burden. Policy fixes are addressing the problem.

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Physician Perspectives On Prior Authorization Reform

Forbes Healthcare

JUNE 29, 2025

New reforms from the insurance industry aim to address these challenges. Many physicians believe prior authorization gets in the way of sound patient care. Will they make a difference?

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Face Tattoos For Stress? The Real-Time Biotech Wearable Trackers

Forbes Healthcare

JUNE 16, 2025

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Why Do So Many People Seem To Be Angry With Health Insurers?

Forbes Healthcare

DECEMBER 15, 2024

With one exception, no insurer in our health care system wants to take on a sick person. The exception is Medicare Advantage.

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InnovationRx: This AI Startup Helps Patients Fight Insurance Denials

Forbes Healthcare

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Plus: Here’s how Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner will keep her medical records company private, independent and employee-owned forever.

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Time For Medicare Advantage Leaders—Including Me—To Eat Our Own Cooking

Forbes Healthcare

JUNE 14, 2025

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Have Good Health Insurance? Too Bad. You Could Still Get A $250,000 Bill

Forbes Healthcare

JUNE 13, 2024

The bureaucracy and opacity of hospital and insurance billing is impossible to navigate. But it doesn't have to be.

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Twice Yearly HIV Prevention Shot, Yeztugo, May Face Access Hurdles

Forbes Healthcare

JULY 1, 2025

But it may face insurance access challenges. Yeztugo is the first and only twice-yearly PrEP option to prevent HIV. It offers a more convenient option than a daily pill.

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Healthcare Robotics Pioneer Mendaera Announces FDA Clearance

Forbes Healthcare

JULY 8, 2025

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Expensive Health Insurance Premiums By Design

Forbes Healthcare

JUNE 3, 2024

Most of us need cash more than comprehensive plans. The goal of equalizing medical spending cannot justify forcing everyone to pay for the same expensive coverage.

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Inactivity Is Bad For Your Brain Health

Forbes Healthcare

JUNE 27, 2025

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Neuralink Is Working On Vision-Enhancing Implants, Elon Musk Says

Forbes Healthcare

JUNE 23, 2025

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The Alabama Health Insurance Battle: Why It Matters To All Patients

Forbes Healthcare

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Blue Cross Blue Shield has controlled the Alabama health insurance market. AFLA is creating a new insurance but are they playing by the rules? What patients need to know

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Elevance Health Bolsters Employer Insurance Business

Forbes Healthcare

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Elevance Health says its acquisition of Verilys Granular Insurance is designed to bolster its offerings to self-funded employer clients.

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Health Insurers Take Major Accountability Step On Prior Authorization

Cigna Profits Hit $1.3 Billion As Health Insurer Gets Handle On Costs

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Centene Latest Insurer Facing Higher Costs As GOP Preps Bigger Hit

Health Insurers Vow To Simplify And Reduce Pre-Approval Process

Insurance Is So Complicated, Even Doctors Don’t Know What You’ll Have To Pay

A Path Forward For The US Health Insurance Industry

Insurers Expand Coverage Of Prescriptions Written By Pharmacists

Could Health Insurance Brokers Heal Our Broken Healthcare System?

Why Are Cash Prices Lower Than Health Insurance Negotiated Prices?

Big Insurers UnitedHealth, Elevance Ride Out Medicare Advantage Storm

Vance Suggests Changes To Health Insurance That May Raise Premiums For Those With Preexisting Conditions

You Could Pay More For Healthcare With Insurance Than Without

This Startup Built A Hospital In India To Test Its AI Software

These Entrepreneurs Are Using AI To Fight Health Insurance Claims Denials

Why Health Insurance Feels Like A Scam: Paying More And Getting Less

For 2025, Insurers Pull Back Slightly On Medicare Advantage Footprints

Will Big Health Insurers Expand 2025 Medicare Advantage Footprints?

Societal Perceptions Of Health Insurers: Knights, Knaves, Or Pawns?

Doctors, patients, insurers all frustrated with prior authorization, RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz say

Elevance Health Latest Insurer Battered By Higher Medical Costs

Humana 2024 Profits Hit $1.2 Billion As Insurer Exits Unprofitable Medicare Markets

Insurance companies vow to fix prior authorization process…again

Florida Blue CEO To Retire From Fast-Growing Health Insurer

Palantir Sues Y Combinator Startup Over Alleged Trade Secret Theft

Firework Injuries- How To Stay Safe And Avoid The ER On July 4th

As Election Looms, Insurers Offer More Obamacare Plans In Red States

$10 Short? No Health Insurance For You

Insurance Coverage For Ozempic, Zepbound Went Down In 2025

Insurer Denies Access To Drugs Granted Accelerated Approval By FDA

A New Study Targets Genetic Risk For Mental Illness

How Health Insurance ‘Prior Authorization’ Works. And How To Fix It

Physician Perspectives On Prior Authorization Reform

Face Tattoos For Stress? The Real-Time Biotech Wearable Trackers

Why Do So Many People Seem To Be Angry With Health Insurers?

InnovationRx: This AI Startup Helps Patients Fight Insurance Denials

Time For Medicare Advantage Leaders—Including Me—To Eat Our Own Cooking

Have Good Health Insurance? Too Bad. You Could Still Get A $250,000 Bill

Twice Yearly HIV Prevention Shot, Yeztugo, May Face Access Hurdles

Healthcare Robotics Pioneer Mendaera Announces FDA Clearance

Expensive Health Insurance Premiums By Design

Inactivity Is Bad For Your Brain Health

Neuralink Is Working On Vision-Enhancing Implants, Elon Musk Says

The Alabama Health Insurance Battle: Why It Matters To All Patients

Elevance Health Bolsters Employer Insurance Business

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