Author: Jakob Emerson

Senate Democrats reached a deal June 27 on a major healthcare and energy reform bill that will extend Affordable Care Act tax credits to 2025, empower Medicare to negotiate the cost of some drugs and put the U.S. on a…

Since July 1, payers across the country have been required to publish the price of nearly every service they have negotiated with providers. In that time, companies have raced to extract and analyze that data in a way that is…

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana has named Sherri Enright as senior vice president and chief human resources officer.

There are major flaws and missed opportunities in CMS' new rules for Medicare Advantage and Part D third-party marketing organizations, according to an op-ed published July 25 in Newsweek by Justin Brock.

Forbes has named 14 payers on its 2022 list of the nation's 400 best employers for women.

The average health insurance bill will rise 21 percent next year and 5.1 million people will lose health coverage if Congress does not extend ACA premium tax credits, according to a new analysis from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield…

Humana saw a double-digit increase to its net income compared to last year's second quarter and said 22 percent more of its members are now covered under a value-based care model, according to the company's earnings report filed July 27.

A coalition of healthcare organizations in California have signed a memorandum of understanding to commit to the California Advanced Primary Care Initiative — a plan to transition primary care practices throughout the state to a value-based delivery and payment model.

As payers look to address health disparities post-pandemic and CMS shifts toward measuring health equity compliance, the insurance industry is laying the groundwork to improve demographic data collection from its members.

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and Bridges Health Partners have signed a three-year, value-based agreement for Highmark's Medicare Advantage members in western Pennsylvania.