A statewide Minnesota Health Action Group Employer Benefit Survey showed employee health insurance remained a top concern for employers.
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Hartford, Conn.-based insurer Aetna sold some of its property in Manchester, Conn., to a Massachusetts investment firm for $1.4 million, the Hartford Courant reported.
Hospitals have about $33 million in outstanding claims with collapsed Utah insurance co-op Arches Health Plan, and the state department of insurance likely will not pay out on those claims until 2017, according to the Desert News.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan plans to sell management and consulting services to up to 20 smaller Blues plans in other states in a move to restructure the organization, reports Crain's Detroit Business.
As insurance giants Anthem and Cigna await U.S. antitrust approval, an analysis from Aon Hewitt suggests the $48 billion acquisition could result in higher costs for large companies offering employer-sponsored medical benefits, according to Reuters.
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Next year, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota will stop offering broad-reaching and flexible individual health plans, affecting some 103,000 people, the Star Tribune reported.
California insurance commissioner Dave Jones urged federal officials Thursday to block a merger between health insurers Aetna and Humana on grounds the deal is anti-competitive and would hurt consumers, California Healthline reported.
Land of Lincoln Health is suing the federal government, claiming the U.S. failed to pay the Chicago-based startup insurer approximately $72 million in payments owed under the Affordable Care Act's risk corridor program.
On Tuesday The Wall Street Journal reported Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health planned to sell its vision unit, known as HVHC. However, when the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette contacted a representative at Highmark, the potential sale could not be confirmed.
Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna has asked a judge in Cole County Circuit Court to review Missouri's preliminary order to ban a $37 billion merger with Humana, which the state determined would impede competition, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.