Dayton, Ohio-based Premier Health and Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealthcare have yet to ink a provider agreement as of April 21, 2 News reports.
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The CEO of Connecticut's health insurance exchange, Access Health CT, said he is apprehensive the state-based marketplace will have no insurers offering 2018 coverage, The CT Mirror reports.
Kentucky is currently negotiating a Medicaid overhaul with the federal government that includes monthly premiums, work requirements and a rewards program that requires "able-bodied" adults to earn vision and dental coverage, according to a report from the Courier-Journal.
Thirty-nine percent of health plan members said their insurer does not provide a cost predictor, according to a HealthMine survey.
The Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services selected Watertown, Mass.-based Tufts Health Plan to manage the state's Medicaid program.
The individual health insurance market is showing signs of stabilization, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation report. If claims expenses don't increase unexpectedly, payers may see "significant" improvement in their 2017 individual market businesses.
Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare and Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealthcare signed a two-year provider network agreement, The Hartford Business Journal reports.
Indianapolis-based Anthem refuted a claim it was negotiating with Justice Department officials over its proposed merger with Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna, Reuters reports.
West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health and Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna signed an agreement to continue in-network care for Aetna members at RWJBarnabas hospitals and physician facilities.
The uninsured rate among veterans dropped significantly during the first two years after implementation of ACA coverage provisions, according to a new Urban Institute study.