UCare, the largest HMO in MN, to cease operations in 2026 & transition remaining enrollees to Medica. According to MN Health Market Review 2025, UCare lost $480.7 million in 2024 and $125.4 million in first half of 2025. allanbaumgarten.com/minnesota/ For coverage of UCare's plans: bit.ly/4pjAi8T

Minnesota Health Market Review 2025 finds: Despite large losses in 2024, Medicaid managed care and other state programs have been profitable for Minnesota health plans. lnkd.in/gSyAR-4V For HMOs, it is their biggest and most profitable line of business. #healthpolicy #Medicaid #managedcare

In MI: M&A, affiliations = 3 large health systems w/ major market power: Corewell (merger of Spectrum and Beaumont); Henry Ford (includes Detroit Ascension hospitals); & UMich, which added Sparrow hospitals & is affiliated w/ My Michigan, that added 3 Ascension hospitals. #Healthpolicy #hospitals

New Texas Health Market Review finds: hospital profitability improved between 2022 and 2023. @Tenet and @HCA are among most profitable systems in state, writes @WillCMaddox www.dmagazine.com/healthcare-b... #healthpolicy #medicaid

Comparing the first six months of 2023 and 2024, enrollment in Medicaid HMOs in Texas dropped by 24.4% and their premium revenues dropped by $4 billion or 20%. #HealthPolicy #Medicaid #ManagedCare

After the Great Unwinding, Michigan #MedicaidHMOs lost a half-million enrollees between June 2023 and June 2024. Revenues, profitability and inpatient utilization rates have also fallen. See this brief, based on Michigan Health Market Review 2024. allanbaumgarten.com/impact-of-me...

In Oregon: state Health Authority gave emergency approval to @UHC acquisition of @CorvallisClinic, whose financial struggles were exacerbated by the @Change_HC cyberattack. ?Oregon health officials give emergency OK to Corvallis Clinic’s acquisition by insurance giant"
From oregonlive.com