The five largest U.S. commercial health insurers — Aetna, Anthem, Cigna, Humana and UnitedHealth Group — were mentioned on social media and in publications 26,700 times during the last week of August, according to a talkwalker report.
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Becker's Hospital Review reported these five contract resolutions and dissolutions between payers and providers in the past two weeks, beginning with the most recent.
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic Health System providers in Wisconsin and Minnesota are now considered in-network for Marshfield, Wis.-based Security Health Plan's policyholders.
The national average annual premium for individual coverage under employer health plans was $6,101 in 2016, according to SHADAC, a health policy research center affiliated with Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
Dr. Vindell Washington on his move from emergency medicine and health IT to CMO of BCBS of Louisiana
Vindell Washington, MD, transitioned from the provider and health IT sectors to become CMO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana June 8.
New Orleans-based Ochsner Health System and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana partnered to provide a joint health plan.
Average deductibles for employer-sponsored plans increased 10.1 percent, or $155, from 2015 to 2016, according to SHADAC, a health policy research center affiliated with Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group signed a nonbinding agreement to purchase all shares of Banmedica SA, a health insurance and clinic operator in Chile, Reuters reports.
Between 100 and 200 Springdale, Ark.-based Northwest Health physicians went out-of-network with UnitedHealthcare Aug. 1 following a contract dispute that could affect the network status of the system's hospitals if unresolved, according to a Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette report.
The number of uninsured Americans could increase by 9.4 million if the federal government stops funding cost-sharing reductions, which help insurers offset the cost of offering eligible ACA health plan enrollees lower deductibles, copayments, coinsurance and out-of-pocket maximums, according to…