The following payers made headlines this week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.
Author: Staff
The top executives from Anthem and Cigna testified to defend their proposed $54 billion combination from a U.S. Department of Justice antitrust lawsuit Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield agreed to fund a healthcare advocacy organization comprised of largely business and labor groups aimed at improving healthcare literacy among New Jersey residents, reports NJ Spotlight.
CHI Memorial in Chattanooga, Tenn., and UnitedHealthcare repaired business ties Tuesday, meaning about 5,000 UnitedHealthcare customers in the area can once again receive discounted care at CHI Memorial facilities, reports Times Free Press.
Albany, N.Y.-based St. Peter's Health Partners and Albany-based Capital District Physicians' Health Plan verbally resolved disputes threatening to end their contract, reports Times Union.
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Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Supplement Plan policyholders in Colorado will be able to participate in SilverSneakers — an exercise program for older Americans — at no additional cost.
Pennsylvania hospitals will be fully reimbursed for providing long-term birth control to Medicaid patients who have just given birth, effective Dec. 1, The Inquirer reports.
Minnetonka, Minn.-based Medica and Eagan-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota saw a combined loss of about $195 million on their health maintenance organization divisions in the first three quarters of this year, a Star Tribune analysis found.
The U.S. Department of Justice argued Anthem's proposed $54 billion absorption of Cigna would create a dominating company that would hurt consumer choice, calling on Anthem CEO Joseph Swedish as a witness to address the argument in Washington, D.C., Monday,…
A California circuit judge denied plaintiffs' request for an injunction that would have stopped Anthem Blue Cross from switching 500,000 Californians to health plans that offered no out-of-network benefits, reports Los Angeles Times.