Kelly Gooch

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.

Middlesex Hospital in Middletown, Conn., and UnitedHealthcare/Oxford Health Plans have reached an agreement after a more than two-month impasse, according to a Hartford Courant report.

While trust in many healthcare institutions is at an all-time low, it remains critical to patients making decisions on hospitals and health plans, according to a 2015 National Healthcare Trust Index from PARTNERS+simons, a Myelin Communications-owned firm specializing in brand…