Author: Staff

Through its new "Blue Works for You" campaign, Phoenix-based Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona has launched a set of new online member tools for all BCBSAZ members.

Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna and Boston Children's Hospital will end their contract Feb. 15 unless they can settle their dispute regarding payment rates, according to The Boston Globe.

In a new report, the Center for American Progress predicts the proposed deal between two insurance giants — Aetna and Humana — could increase premium prices for seniors on Medicare Advantage, according to Reuters.

For plans under the Affordable Care Act this year, the average premium cost increased to $408 per month — a 9 percent increase since this time last year, according to The Hill.

The New York Department of Financial Services has charged HealthNow NY — the parent company of Buffalo-based BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York — $750,000 in fines, according to Buffalo Business First.

The following insurers made headlines this week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.

Many health insurers and employers have begun giving women incentives to get mammograms each year, but research suggests doing so may be unnecessary, according to The New York Times.

Chicago-based Land of Lincoln Health, a health insurance co-op, has let go of the University of Chicago Medical Center, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services has purchased Golden Valley, Minn.-based PreferredOne, according to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.

UnitedHealth left America's Health Insurance Plans last June. Aetna left earlier this year. Now AHIP is doing its best to get the insurers back, according to Bloomberg.