Category Archives: Health Insurance

Blue Cross Blue Shield Plan News Roundup: January 2024

The following Blue Cross Blue Shield announcements are just a few of the company activities from the month of January 2024

Cigna Restricts Coverage for Amylyx Pharmaceutical’s ALS Drug Relyvrio

Cigna restricts coverage for Amylyx Pharmaceutical’s ALS drug Relyvrio due to the lack of clinical efficacy data and unclear clinical benefit

Blue Cross Blue Shield Network Activities During Q4/2022

Blue Cross Blue Shield Plans have been involved in a number of network contracts during the last quarter of 2022

IngenioRx’s 11% Q3 Growth Contributes to Elevance Health Strong Financial Performance

Elevance Health (Elevance) reported third quarter 2022 results reflecting strong financial performance, including double-digit growth in revenue, operating earnings, and adjusted earnings per share

Anthem Launches New Brands Carelon and Wellpoint

Anthem recently announced the launch of healthcare services brand Carelon and health plan brand Wellpoint to join the company’s family of brands that includes Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Centene Selects Express Scripts to Provide PBM Benefits in 2024

Centene recently announced that it reached its pharmacy platform migration milestones and is engaged in strategic discussions with potential PBM partners about how to drive additional quality and value in delivering pharmacy benefits to its members.

Specialty Pharmacy Services a Focus of Kaiser Permanente-Evernorth Collaboration

In the area of specialty pharmacy services, the Kaiser-Evernorth agreement seeks to deliver overall value and savings to Kaiser Permanente and its commercial plan members

Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) Shifting Top Blue Plans Executives

BlueCross Blue Shield Plans: Access Market Intelligence

A key strength of HCSC continues to be the Blue Cross and Blue Shield brand and license under which it markets its products in Illinois, Texas, New Mexico, Montana, and Oklahoma which has helped the company to command a top market position in each of these states