Payer

Health insurance giant Humana has created a new mobile app that makes crafting end-of-life directives a little bit easier, according to WHAS11.com.

U.S. health insurers will have strong financial results in 2016, but challenges like the disruption from high-profile mega-mergers, will offset positive trends in the credit risk profiles of health insurers, according to Moody's Investors Service.

UnitedHealthcare and Knoxville, Tenn.-based Tennova Healthcare appear to be on the brink of ending their contract beginning March 1, according to a WBRI report.

Air Evac Lifeteam has sued Medical Mutual of Ohio, claiming the payer owes $3.5 million in unpaid bills for its air ambulance services, reports The Plain Dealer.

New York-based Oscar Health, an insurance company start-up, debuted in California during this year's open enrollment period. But the enrollment numbers prove it is off to a slow start in the state.

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

Mark Farrah Associates, a healthcare data aggregator and publisher, analyzed the 2015 third quarter results of seven major U.S. health insurers — Aetna, Anthem, Cigna, Health Care Service Corporation, Humana, Kaiser Permanente and UnitedHealth Group.

PreferredOne, a Golden Valley, Minn.-based payer, reached a network agreement with Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna this month. Now PreferredOne is hoping to draw in more business from large companies, according to the Star Tribune.

Milwaukee-based Molina Healthcare of Wisconsin has added CVS Minute Clinics in Milwaukee, Waukesha and Kenosha counties to its provider network, enabling patients with Molina insurance to go to those clinics for care, according to the Milwaukee Business Journal.

Another state has approved Aetna's acquisition of Humana, according to the Miami Herald.