Health insurer Humana formed a group insurance plan in Wisconsin with four health systems but left out a few large organizations in the narrow network, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
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Health insurer Priority Health will drop eight preferred provider organization options from Michigan's Affordable Care Act exchange Jan.1 because of decreased demand for the plans, Traverse City Record Eagle reports.
Health insurer CareSource will absorb about 40,000 displaced policyholders following Aetna, UnitedHealthcare and other insurers' exit of Affordable Care Act exchanges in Indiana and Ohio, Dayton Daily News reports.
The U.S. Census Bureau released data reporting the number of Americans lacking health insurance between 2013 and 2015.
Health insurer Cigna will add 70 customer service jobs at its Moosic, Pa., office in anticipation of an increased demand for healthcare services, The Times-Tribune reports.
The average cost of family health plans offered by employers crept above $18,000 in 2016, despite relatively low growth in overall health insurance expenses, according to Kaiser Family Foundation's annual employer survey.
ConnectiCare changed course Tuesday, deciding to remain in the state Affordable Care Act exchange next year and drop its rate appeal, reports Harford Courant.
With open enrollment approaching, global advisory, broking and solutions company Willis Towers Watson said employees should engage with their employers to better understand health insurance benefits.
Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealthcare had the highest medical enrollment of any U.S. health plan as of the first quarter of 2016.
Medicare beneficiaries are still wrongly denied coverage of skilled nursing, home healthcare or outpatient therapy because of their failure to improve, reports The New York Times.