While North Carolina's largest insurer and one of its biggest providers are locked in public dispute over cost rates, the editorial board of the Asheville Citizen-Times argues that this is not an isolated incident, but instead a symptom of our…
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Congress needs to ensure viability in the private health insurance market if efforts to repeal and replace the ACA falter, Reuters reports.
As Congressional Republicans push forward with ACA repeal and replacement efforts, a spotlight has fallen on the health law's section 1332 innovation waivers, according to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation brief.
Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna will not offer health plans on Connecticut's individual market for 2018, NBC Connecticut reports.
Minneapolis-based Children's Minnesota and Eagan-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota reached a deal Friday, saving 66,000 patients from paying out-of-network rates.
Aetna Better Health, the managed care subsidiary of Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna, filed a notice of intent to terminate its four Medicaid contracts with Illinois due to $698 million in outstanding payments.
Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group plans to acquire The Advisory Board's healthcare division, sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg.
The following payers made headlines this past week, beginning with the most recent.
A budget passed Monday by New Jersey lawmakers includes a reserve cap for Newark-based Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Politico reports.
Lexington, Ky.-based payer Baptist Health Plan, the managed care subsidiary of Louisville, Ky.-based Baptist Health, stopped offering fully insured health plans July 1, according to a Lexington Herald Leader report.