Insurance giant UnitedHealth Group posted a 5.8 percent for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2014, which was better than analysts expected, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.
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As the second enrollment period continues for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Colorado's health plan price differences underscore the health law's limits and intentions, according to The New York Times.
Pittsburgh-based UPMC and health insurer Highmark Health continue to battle, this time in regard to delivering babies at UPMC Magee, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.
The nation's largest insurer, UnitedHealth Group, has lost a bid to begin selling coverage across California next year, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
Financially troubled Iowa health insurance cooperative CoOportunity Health has collapsed, according to an NPR-Kaiser Health News report.
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A dispute between Pittsburgh-based UPMC and health insurer Highmark Health could end up being resolved through legal means if the Pennsylvania Department of Health decides to refer it to mediation, according to a Pittsburgh Business Times report.
BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina, the state's largest health insurer, has come out with an online cost tool that essentially exposes price differences for the same procedure among North Carolina healthcare providers, according to a News Observer report.
More New Jersey insurers are giving patients the ability to talk with physicians via a phone call or video conference regardless of what time it is, according to a New Jersey Spotlight report.
A battle between Blue Shield of California and Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health has prevented the two from entering into a new contract, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
Five Michigan health organizations that signed innovative, value-based reimbursement contracts with Detroit-based Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan years ago have received their first payouts totaling $25 million, according to a Crain's Detroit Business report.