Author: Kelly Gooch

HHS' Medicare Appeals Council has ruled a Texas transgender woman's privately run Medicare plan must cover her sex reassignment surgery, according to a Reuters report.

More than 30 states have limited availability of abortion coverage in their Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplaces, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation analysis.

Munster, Ind.-based Community Healthcare System and Indianapolis-based Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield have ended their agreement, according to an Inside INdiana Business report.

Chicago-based Valence Health, a provider of clinical integration, population health and value-based care solutions and services, will contract with Cook County Health & Hospitals System, also in Chicago, to provide all administrative services for the health system's Medicaid-managed care plan,…

The University of Virginia in Charlottesville has agreed to a new contract with health insurer Humana for its health facilities, according to a Culpeper Star-Exponent report.

Coloradoans are set to vote on a single-payer state healthcare system, according to a report from The Denver Post.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma, the state's largest insurer, and Bristow (Okla.) Medical Center are in a battle over a contract for Bristow's new Center for Orthopaedic Reconstruction and Excellence in Jenks, Okla., according to a NewsOK report.

Health insurance plans through the Affordable Care Act could be making enrollees pay additional money for specialist care, according to a study published in JAMA.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, the state's largest health insurer, and Downers Grove-based Advocate Health Care, the largest health system in Illinois, have created a new health plan.

With groundbreaking insurer mega-mergers on the horizon, hospitals are considering growing their own insurance plans, according to a Reuters report.