Elevance Health reported fourth quarter net income of $547 million as rising healthcare costs continued to dog the nation’s second largest health insurance company.

UnitedHealth Group’s Optum health services business is working on a turnaround that includes leaving markets and ending contracts with providers that aren’t aligned.

UnitedHealth Group eked out a fourth quarter profit of $10 million despite a $1.6 billion hit to fourth quarter earnings from a large restructuring charge.

Congress is close to enacting a two-year extension of Medicare telehealth coverage after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to renew virtual care for seniors.

Hospital merger and acquisition activity ended 2025 with momentum expected to continue as drastic cuts to Medicaid spending under Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act loom.

All eyes are on UnitedHealth Group for signs the health insurance industry is getting a handle on rising costs that have dogged health insurers for the last two years.

Alignment Healthcare reported its Medicare Advantage enrollment soared 31% compared to last year as larger rivals have retreated from such coverage for older adults.

Humana’s CenterWell pharmacy will dispense GLP-1 weight loss drugs made by Eli Lilly as part of a new program for employers to help their workers manage obesity.

A coalition of telehealth providers from Amazon and Hims & Hers to hospital systems is working to extend pandemic-era waivers that allowed Medicare telehealth coverage.

Health insurance companies are expected to hold to their promises in 2026 to “streamline, simplify and reduce” prior authorization, the process of approving medical care.