The House voted 242-174 Friday to reauthorize funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program through 2022, after letting it expire in September.
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Negotiations between Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital and UnitedHealthcare are stalling, the hospital told the Herald-Tribune Thursday.
Following leadership changes and layoffs earlier this year, Molina Healthcare reported a net loss in the third quarter of fiscal year 2017, but said it made significant progress on its restructuring plan to save $200 million by Jan. 1.
Louisville, Ky.-based Baptist Health plans to shut down its health plan operation in 2018, according to the Louisville Business First.
The following payers made headlines this week, beginning with the most recent.
UnitedHealthcare in Phoenix, part of the insurance branch of UnitedHealth Group, will lay off 381 employees, a company spokesperson told ABC 15.
Cigna reported a 24 percent increase in net income during the third quarter of fiscal year 2017, following a string of national insurers posting strong third quarter results.
While many analysts predicted CVS Health is in talks to buy Aetna to stay ahead of Amazon, industry experts are now attributing the proposed merger to another competitor — UnitedHealth Group, according to the Los Angeles Times.
A district judge tossed a lawsuit filed by Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare against Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Connecticut Wednesday, according to a Hartford Courant report.
John Snyder stepped into the chief administrative officer role at Health Alliance, a for-profit health insurance company under Urbana, Ill.-based Carle Foundation, according to a Journal Gazette & Times-Courier report.