Health insurer UnitedHealthcare and Walgreens have collaborated to offer UnitedHealthcare insurance plan enrollees the opportunity to earn Walgreens Balance Reward points for their healthy activities.
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Indianapolis-based Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield is making hospitals an offer that is nearly unheard of, according to an Indianapolis Business Journal report.
CMS has fined health insurer Aetna $1 million over errors in its pharmacy network listings, according to a Hartford Courant report.
Mark T. Bertolini — chairman and CEO of Aetna — has predicted a number of large companies will announce wage increases for their lowest-paid workers during 2015, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Buffalo, N.Y.-based payer Univera Healthcare announced it will be one of the first insurers to participate in Choosing Wisely, a nationwide campaign launched in 2012 to reduce unnecessary and wasteful healthcare tests and treatments.
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Merger and acquisition activity is expected to grow in the near term, according to Atlantic Information Service's Health Plan Week.
Louisville, Ky.-based Humana has announced the formation of Transcend and Transcend Insights, extended suites of management services designed to assist healthcare systems, physicians and care teams in improving population health management efforts.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane has set up a toll-free helpline for consumers with questions or complaints related to the UPMC-Highmark split, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
The California Franchise Tax Board has revoked Blue Shield of California's state tax-exempt status, something the state's third-largest health insurer had enjoyed since it was founded in 1939, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
Flint, Mich.-based HealthPlus Insurance, one of the largest nonprofit health insurers in the state, has been placed under state financial supervision, according to a Crain's Detroit Businessreport.