Elevance Health has inked a deal with Verily to acquire its stop-loss insurance unit, Granular Insurance Company, a spokesperson for Elevance confirmed to Fierce Healthcare. Further details about ...

CVS Caremark decided to stop offering Zepbound in favor of Wegovy for weight loss. It’s the latest example of limits imposed by insurance that disrupt treatments for patients.

Those costs were absorbed more easily among the larger Cigna health insurance population but hit harder in the smaller stop-loss segment. "We are taking corrective actions on this near-term ...

Verily, the life sciences unit owned by Alphabet, intends to sell its stop-loss insurance business. Verily had entered an agreement to sell the business, named Granular, to Elevance Health.

Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers — reporting on how money influences those businesses and shapes what we all pay for care.

In addition to stop loss insurance, Symetra offers group life, disability, and absence management coverage. Its suite of group supplemental health products includes accident and hospital indemnity ...

As the Food and Drug Administration clamps down on off-brand weight loss medications, Seattle-area residents are stocking up ...

States such as North Carolina no longer cover weight loss drugs for those on the state government's health insurance plan because of the high costs. Those who purchase their own health insurance ...

With Republicans edging closer to gaining control of Congress, millions of Americans may be at risk of losing enhanced ...

In insurance, stop-loss is the maximum amount for which an ... administrators, and student health staff. According to school system documents, $8.1 million in overages were offset by $8.1 million ...

Kalemkerian recently found out from EmblemHealth, which administers her city health benefits ... When patients stop taking GLP-1s, either because of a loss of insurance coverage or for other ...