The American Medical Association left an organization the health industry founded to combat single payer proposals, the organization confirmed with Becker's Hospital Review.
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Medical cost ratio, which measures how much of an insurer's revenue goes toward medical claims, is a number investors frequently scrutinize when analyzing an insurer's financial performance.
The following payer executives changed their positions in the first half of August.
Kaiser Permanente ranked the highest among the largest U.S. health insurers for website satisfaction, according to a survey conducted by software company Verint.
UCare, a health insurer based in Minneapolis, will implement a $25 monthly spending cap on insulin next year, according to the StarTribune. It is the second insurer in the state to add a price cap for its members.
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All but one of the five largest for-profit payers saw double-digit growth in their Medicare Advantage membership in the second quarter of fiscal year 2019.
About eight years after failing to complete a proposed combination in 2011, Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care are trying again.
Centene Corp. will extend its offerings on the ACA's health insurance marketplace in 10 states for 2020, the health insurer said Aug. 13.
A coding issue led Anthem to mistakenly notify patients in Virginia that their physician was out of network, according to ABC affiliate WHSV.
Aetna's plan to correct Medicaid payment and network deficiencies falls short, Kansas health officials said Aug. 13, according to local radio station KCUR.