The average provider network for plans offered on the health insurance exchanges under the Affordable Care Act include 34 percent fewer providers than the average commercial plan offered outside the exchanges, according to a new analysis from healthcare advisory services…
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The largest health insurers in Massachusetts need to improve their price transparency online, according to an evaluation by Health Care for All.
The following insurers made headlines this week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.
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Palo Alto, Calif.-based Theranos — a company that has shaken up the laboratory testing market — has teamed up with health insurer Capital BlueCross to provide Theranos' technology and laboratory services in Central Pennsylvania.
Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna would be required to pay Louisville, Ky.-based Humana $1 billion if Aetna's $37 billion deal to acquire Humana does not close by June 30, 2016, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing by Humana.
Three days after announcing it would be acquired by Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna, Louisville, Ky.-based health insurer Humana lowered its 2015 financial forecast, according to Reuters.
After Aetna's $37 billion purchase of Humana, executives said they plan to maintain or even increase employment in Louisville, Ky., according to a report in The Courier-Journal.
Moody's Investors Service has affirmed the "Baa3" rating on New England-based Harvard Pilgrim Health Care's bonds, affecting approximately $49 million of series 1998A fixed-rate bonds to be issued through the Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority.
Aetna Chairman and CEO Mark Bertolini believes his company's $37 billion deal to acquire health insurer Humana will pass antitrust review, allowing the transaction to close in the second half of 2016, according to Reuters.