Tara Bannow

Hospitals pay provider taxes, helping states spend more on Medicaid and increase the amounts paid by the federal government.

Lurking beneath the shiny promise of artificial intelligence in health care is a host of potential liability issues, experts said at #STATBreakthrough.

Stephen Hemsley, UnitedHealth's new CEO, tells investors the company is reevaluating how it handles coding, managed care, and pharmacy services.

Brad Smith exhibited the same traits at DOGE as he did running his startups Aspire Health and CareBridge, including intensity and ambition.

An internal document reveals how UnitedHealth Group's leadership prepared to downplay complaints about its business practices at a shareholder meeting

Taxpayers will send an estimated $86 billion to Medicare Advantage insurers this year to pay for supplemental benefits for their members, or 17% of total

Insurers often use the visits to tack on lucrative diagnosis codes

Insurers have promised to rein in prior authorizations in the past, too

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For most of its 18-year history, Semler Scientific marketed a single medical product that became a popular way for top Medicare insurers like UnitedHealth Group to detect artery blockages in older Americans.