In its attempt to purchase health insurer Aetna for $69 billion, CVS Health has effectively dodged one antitrust hurdle because regulators don't see competitive problems from joining two companies that operate at different levels of the supply chain, according to Bloomberg.
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Bronx, N.Y.-based Montefiore Health System may no longer be a part of Aetna's provider network if the organizations can't resolve a contract dispute before a Sept. 8 deadline, according to The Journal News/lohud.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield members in the health insurer's Blue365 wellness program can purchase Fitbits at a reduced cost under a new partnership announced Aug. 7.
Pittsburgh-based UPMC and Aetna inked a new agreement to ensure the health insurer's commercial and Medicare Advantage members will remain in network with UPMC facilities and physicians, the companies said Aug. 2.
In 2006, 11.4 percent of private-sector employees were enrolled in a high-deductible health plan. That percentage rose to 46.5 percent in 2016, according to a recent study published in Health Affairs.
Humana CEO and President Bruce Broussard is joining former President Barack Obama as a recipient of the 2018 Ripple of Hope Award from the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights organization.
Headquartered in Arlington, Va., Evolent Health is trying to change how providers get paid.
Humana filed a lawsuit Aug. 3 against nearly 30 pharmaceutical companies, alleging they united to fix the prices of widely used generic drugs, forcing the health insurer to pay inflated prices.
Billionaire Carl Icahn, an activist investor holding about 0.5 percent of Cigna, publicly opposed the health insurer's $54 billion bid for Express Scripts Aug. 7.
Starting Aug. 6, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas will no longer pay for out-of-network emergency room visits in which the insurer determines the patient should have sought treatment elsewhere, according to the Houston Chronicle.