- Reuters
Centene CEO says Medicaid redetermination shifted member profile-conference
Health insurer Centene's Chief Executive Sarah London said on Friday that turnover in people enrolled in Medicaid plans had led to a shift in its membership health profile, to patients who were sicker, but stood by its 2024 earnings and cost forecasts. Around 30% of Medicaid members who lost their membership when re-enrollment started last year had been taken off the list "inappropriately" and their return now is causing uncertainty for the health insurer, London said at a Bernstein investor conference. The decline in enrolled members was also a factor, London added.
- VIBE
Jasmine Cephas Jones Mirrors Her Father’s Legacy While Mapping Out Her Own
The late Ron Cephas Jones’ only child is a phoenix triumphing through grief.
- Associated Press
Severe weather continues in Texas with 243,000-plus still without power after recent storms
While nearly a quarter-million people in Texas remain without power Friday following severe storms earlier this week, the National Weather Service has warned of more heavy rain and high winds. “Heavy rain, thunder, lightning and flooding are impacting several of the communities where Oncor teams are working to restore these outages,” utility company Oncor said on its website. Severe thunderstorm watches were also in effect Friday morning in southeast Texas, including Houston, where streets were flooded by Tuesday storms and a 16-year-old worker was killed northeast of the city, in the suburb of Magnolia.
