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Each year on the third Monday of January, the nation remembers the life and legacy of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In 2022, King’s dream for a racially just world rings just as true as it did when he delivered his famous speech in 1963.

Access to COVID-19 testing is a critical component of public health and safety, enabling our members to navigate the pandemic. Through new guidance issued by the federal government public health emergency, Regence will cover the cost of a diagnostic over-the-counter (OTC) COVID-19 test with no provider prescription required, beginning Jan. 15, 2022.

The Washington State of Reform Health Policy Conference unfolded this month amid skyrocketing COVID cases and nearly two years into a global pandemic. State of Reform host DJ Wilson acknowledged the upheaval in his opening remarks. “I think we’re all struggling a bit to varying degrees, and it’s worth saying that things are hard.”

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have expanded the emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine booster shot eligibility to include children ages 12 to 15. This follows the agency’s December announcement that expanded booster shot guidance to include youth 16 and older. Additionally, instead of receiving a booster shot six months after the completion of the initial series, new guidance holds that everyone age 12 and older can receive a booster shot five months after completion of the initial series.

Strive Health, the national leader in value-based kidney care, today announced that Regence health plans are bringing Strive’s comprehensive kidney care program to Medicare Advantage (MA) and commercially insured members living with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage kidney disease (ESKD).

As Jim Swayze recalls it, the idea hit him like a “lightning bolt” during a board meeting for Ronald McDonald House Charities Utah. Its CEO, Carrie Romano, shared her vision to provide skilled mental health care and grief support onsite for families while their children are treated for serious, often life-threatening illnesses or injuries. During this unimaginably vulnerable time, loved ones too often have to say their final goodbyes.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us have increasingly used technology in our day-to-day lives, including grocery shopping, virtual social gatherings and doctor visits. In 2020, Regence saw a 400% increase in our members receiving care through virtual visits.

Today, Regence and consulting firm ECONorthwest released the results of an external assessment that examines Regence’s impact on the regional economy. The new economic impact report details how company business operations – chiefly, providing health...

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), showed a nearly 40% reduction in the number of MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccinations administered to 2- to 8-year-olds in Idaho from March to May of 2020 — compared to the same period in 2018 and 2019. Oregon and Washington saw a greater than 60% vaccination reduction among their 2- to 8-year-olds during the same period.

A.M. Best, the world’s oldest and most authoritative insurance rating and information source, reaffirmed an “A” (Excellent) Financial Strength Rating (FSR); and an “a” Issuer Credit Rating (ICR) for the Regence family of health insurance plans located in Oregon, Utah and Washington. A.M. Best also reaffirmed Regence’s “A-” (Excellent) Financial Strength Rating (FSR) and “a-” Issuer Credit Rating (ICR) for the health plan in Idaho. All state ratings included a “stable” outlook.