August Update: Year-Over-Year, Quarterly Trends Reports Posted

DHP last month posted two new trend reports to your subscriber dashboard. Enrollment Trends Year-Over-Year Comparison, 2021-2022 compares DHP’s full health insurer data set representing first quarter 2022 against the data set representing first-quarter 2021 update, while Enrollment Trends, 4Q2021 vs. 1Q2022 compares first-quarter 2022 data to the previous quarter.

And summer is providing no break in activity for the healthcare industry; recent newsfeed topics include the following:

Public Insurers Post 2Q Financial Results

• Boosted by Low Utilization, Humana Posts Robust Earnings for Second Quarter of 2022
• Centene Reports Progress in Value Creation Plan, Despite Headwinds
• UnitedHealth Plans on Eliminating Out-Of-Pocket Costs for Some Drugs, Raises Financial Guidance
• Elevance Delivers Robust Enrollment, Revenue Growth in Second Quarter

Federal, State Governments Play Large Role in Industry Future

• Health Policy Experts Warn of Consequences If ARPA Subsidies Expire and Medicaid Redeterminations Resume
• At the Eleventh Hour, Democrats May Extend ACA Subsidies, Tackle Drug Pricing
• Centene Will Join Delaware in Value-Based, Person-Centered Medicaid Revamp
• Medical Trend, Increases in Utilization Will Drive Up 2023 Marketplace Premiums
• Pandemic’s Long Tail Will Shape 2023 Premiums
• California to Offer Medicaid Coverage to Undocumented Residents
• Colorado’s Ambitious Public Option Could Impact Employer-Backed Insurance Market

Insurer Market Moves and Expansion Plans

• Alignment Healthcare to Expand Into Florida, Texas for 2023
• Molina to Acquire My Choice Wisconsin
• Kaiser Permanente, in No-Bid Deal, Will Take Members From California MCOs

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