Maximus (NYSE: MMS), a leading employer and provider of government services worldwide, today announced that it has been awarded a contract for a base period for transition plus nine (one year) option periods with a total value of $6.6 billion by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for Contact Center Operations (CCO).
Iowa’s Medicaid benefits will be administered by three health insurance companies, the state Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday. The state announced its intent to award managed care contracts with Amerigroup Iowa and Molina Healthcare of Iowa.
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) has announced the completion of its initiative to rebrand the home health division of Kindred at Home (KAH) as CenterWell Home Health. With today’s announcement, CenterWell Home Health is now the official name for the more than 350 locations of the home health division serving 38 states.
Sarah Iselin, who helped implement Massachusetts’ 2006 health reform law that became the template for the Affordable Care Act, has been appointed the new head of the state’s largest insurer. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts announced the move on Tuesday, saying Iselin will be the first female chief executive in the company’s history.
Global health services company Cigna Corporation (NYSE:CI) announced that health care industry leader Dr. David Brailer, M.D., Ph.D. will join the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Health Officer in early September. As Cigna's first Chief Health Officer, Dr. Brailer will focus on bringing together the company's products, technologies, and services in new and innovative ways to drive more value and help people improve their overall health and vitality.
WASHINGTON — A trio of patient advocacy groups is challenging a Trump-era rule that allows insurers to prevent financial assistance from drug companies from counting toward a patient’s annual out-of-pocket costs.
