Covered California, the state's Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace, successfully held down premium costs in part because of its authority to select health insurers, a new study suggests.
Kelly Gooch
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey's OMNIA line of discount health plans is no stranger to controversy.
Hospital Corporation of America has renewed a long-term contract with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas that will keep all of the Nashville, Tenn.-based hospital chain's Texas medical facilities in network, according to a Dallas Morning News report.
Dover, Del.-based Bayhealth Medical Center will soon be an out-of-network provider for Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware members unless the two sides resolve rate disputes, according to The News Journal.
Michigan's Medicaid HMOs have seen big profits following the state's expansion of Medicaid, according to a Crain's Detroit Business report.
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Louisville, Ky.-based Humana's wellness and rewards program, currently known as HumanaVitality, will be renamed Go365.
California has proposed legislation that formally requests the federal government allow undocumented immigrants to purchase health insurance through a state exchange, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad's (R) plan to privatize Medicaid in the state has come to fruition.
Newly insured individuals under the Affordable Care Act have higher rates of disease and received significantly more medical care, on average, than those who enrolled in coverage prior to 2014, when major provisions of the health law took effect, the…
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama, the state's largest insurer, has changed the rankings of 18 hospitals within its hospital tiered network, according to a report on AL.com.