Three Connecticut groups — the Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut, the Connecticut State Medical Society and the Connecticut Citizen Action Group — have asked Insurance Commissioner Katharine Wade to be less ambiguous in her review of the Anthem-Cigna merger,…
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Since 2013, New York City-based Fidelis Care, a nonprofit health insurer, has doubled its employee workforce and quadrupled the size of its office in Albany. But that's only the beginning — Fidelis Care wants to increase its reach even more,…
The following insurers made headlines this week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama, the state's largest insurer, has changed the rankings of 18 hospitals within its hospital tiered network, according to a report on AL.com.
After a public hearing and much consideration, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has approved St. Louis-based Centene's acquisition of Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Health Net — with a few conditions.
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Half of the parents of uninsured minority children are unaware that their children are eligible for Medicaid/Children's Health Insurance Program coverage, according to a new study from the Medica Research Institute.
Although Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna CEO David Cordani's total compensation in 2015 increased 80 percent to $49 million, he was not the insurer's highest-paid employee, according to the Hartford Courant.
Although health insurer Anthem is suing Express Scripts for approximately $15 billion in hopes of gaining more savings on prescription drug medications, Express Scripts is not giving up, according to the Indiana Business Journal.
Health insurer Anthem is suing Express Scripts — the nation's largest manager of prescription drug benefits — in an attempt to renegotiate its contract with the company and gain more savings on prescription medicine, according to NPR.
While the merger between Hartford, Conn.-based based Aetna and Louisville, Ky.-based Humana has not been officially approved, leaders from both insurers are working to ensure their cultures align, according to Louisville Business First.