Payer

The following insurers made headlines this week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.

Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health has come up with a new way to pay physicians for treating cancer patients, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.

Louisville, Ky.-based health insurer Humana has opened a retail pharmacy in San Antonio, marking the second retail pharmacy it has opened in the state of Texas, according to San Antonio Express-News.

Pittsburgh-based health insurer Highmark's enrollment both on and off the federal exchanges dropped from 350,000 in February 2015 to 195,000 in February 2016, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

A new health insurer is making a splash in the Atlanta and Chicago marketplaces, according to the Star Tribune.

Together with the American Medical Association, two Florida organizations — the Florida Medical Association and the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association — have asked Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to block the proposed merger between Humana and Aetna.

For insight on the impact of the proposed merger between Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna and Louisville, Ky.-based Humana, it may be helpful to look at one of Humana's previous transactions, according to a Louisville Business First report.

CMS has charged Louisville, Ky.-based health insurer Humana $3.1 million for areas of noncompliance regarding its Medicare Part C and D plans, according to Louisville Business First.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has laid off 22 employees in its IT department, according to Crain's Detroit Business.

Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in Hollister, Calif., and Aetna have severed ties after failing to resolve reimbursement disputes at the beginning of the year, reports Freelance.