Author: Molly Gamble

The following issues involving hospitals and insurers were reported within the past few months, beginning with the most recent.

Cincinnati-based UC Health and health insurer UnitedHealthcare have agreed on a contract covering 20,000 UnitedHealthcare customers who get health insurance through their employers, according to a Cincinnati Enquirer report.

UnitedHealthcare, an operating division of UnitedHealth Group, and Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System announced they have signed a new multi-year contract.

Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna, one of the nation's largest healthcare insurers, has predicted its earnings per share will be "at least" $6.90 in 2015, according to a presentation from Aetna's 2014 investor conference.

The numbers are in: 462,125 people selected a healthcare plan from Healthcare.gov from November 15 to 21, and 48 percent of those individuals were first-time customers, according to a Reuters report.

Pittsburgh-based Highmark claims Bridgeville, Pa.-based Radiance Surgery Center overbilled it by $1.7 million over two years, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.

Paul Levy, former president and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and author of the blog Not Running a Hospital, wrote a post comparing his health plan costs under Massachusetts' Health Connector and the Patient Protection and…