Medicaid managed care organizations, including Elevance Health, Centene and UnitedHealth Group, are working with states to secure rates that account for sicker patients.

UnitedHealth Group beat estimates for fourth quarter profit as the Eden Prairie-based health care giant released its first earnings report since the fatal ambush last month of top executive Brian Thompson in New York City.

UnitedHealth reported fourth-quarter results on Thursday that reflected persistent challenges for the health insurance sector.

Top health insurance stocks include UnitedHealth Group and Elevance Health. The iShares U.S. Healthcare Providers ETF offers a way to invest in multiple health insurers. Medicare Advantage could ...

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Friday said it would not appeal a court order that it recalculate the public star ratings it gave to UnitedHealth's privately administered Medicare health insurance plans,

Higher medical expenses combined with stricter government payment policies have pressured UnitedHealth's earnings for more than a year.

(Bloomberg) -- UnitedHealth Group Inc. shares fell after elevated ... and rivals including Elevance Health Inc. and Humana Inc. also declined. UnitedHealth’s medical-loss ratio, the percentage ...

After a dip in the wake of the release of UnitedHealth Group's Q4 2024 earnings figures, shares in the company and other managed care insurers have largely bounced back.

The share of in-network federal health insurance exchange plan claims denied in 2023 was the highest since 2015, according to a KFF analysis.

Elevance Health Inc.'s stock rose 2% Thursday and ... with rival Centene Corp. (CNC) up 0.7%, while UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH) was up 1.3% and Molina Healthcare Inc. (MOH) was up 0.3%.

Shares of Elevance Health jumped early Thursday in response to better-than-expected fourth- quarter results, and a generally optimistic outlook for the coming year. A week after UnitedHealth Group cast a pall over the health insurance sector with a glum report on its own earnings,

Elevance Health's financial outlook for FY 2025 anticipates GAAP diluted earnings per share (EPS) to be in the range of $30.40 to $31.10 and adjusted diluted EPS to be in the range of $34.15 to $34.85. The company also announced a 5% increase in its quarterly dividend to $1.71 per share.