For big payers, is insurance still the point?
The country’s biggest payers have been branching out beyond insurance for years. Now, that trend is becoming even more pronounced. Second-quarter earnings have kicked off yet again, signaling how reliant these companies have become on their services units — and how much they keep investing there. UnitedHealth Group and Elevance Health reported earnings earlier this […] The post For big payers, is insurance still the point? appeared first on Becker's Payer Issues | Payer News .
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UnitedHealth, Elevance — financial / operating pressure. Via Becker's Payer Issues.
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[DRAFT — verify before any external use] Becker's Payer Issues reports on financial / operating pressure involving UnitedHealth, Elevance: The country’s biggest payers have been branching out beyond insurance for years. Now, that trend is becoming even more pronounced. Second-quarter earnings have kicked off yet again, signaling how reliant these companies…
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