Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna will cover genetic screening and noninvasive prenatal testing from NxGen MDx, based in Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman approved the sale of Grand Junction, Colo.-based Rocky Mountain Health Plans to Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealthcare for about $36 million, The Denver Post reports.
Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna and Louisville, Ky.-based Humana mutually terminated their $37 billion merger agreement following a U.S. District Court's decision to block the proposed deal over antitrust concerns.
Urgent care owners, operators, physicians and staff, take note: payers across the country are increasingly requiring certification or accreditation before contracting or as a requirement to remain in-network.
Ninety percent of California health plans reviewed by the state did not accurately report which physicians were in-network in 2015, Kaiser Health News reported Monday.
Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna is poised to gain a $1.85 billion breakup fee after a U.S. District Court decided to block Anthem's proposed $54 billion acquisition of Cigna, according to The New York Times.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled in favor of the Justice Department and stopped Indianapolis-based Anthem's proposed $54 billion acquisition of Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna Wednesday.
Humana's decision to lay off roughly 500 employees struck a chord with Becker's Hospital Review payer issues readers this week.
A study out Thursday tries to better understand the ACA's implementation and its effect on competition among health plans.
A U.S. Court of Federal Claims ruled the government must pay $214 million to Portland, Ore.-based health insurer Moda Health under the ACA's risk corridors program.