In recent months, federal agencies and state health officials have encouraged physicians to provide alternative pain management techniques in an attempt to curb rates of opioid addiction. However, convincing the millions of people in the U.S. who suffer from chronic…
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MVP Health Insurance Co. has filed suit against Vermont's Green Mountain Care Board, alleging the board overstepped its power when it denied the insurance company's premium rate increase, according to VTDigger.
Gov. Matt Bevin plans to overhaul Kentucky's Medicaid program by imposing monthly premiums of $1 to $15 and creating a credit system, among other amendments, The Lexington Herald-Leader reported.
In the past, small companies would compensate their employees' individual health plan costs through raises. However, with individual plan premiums on the rise, small group policies are becoming more popular in Louisiana, according to the Baton Rouge Business Report.
If UnitedHealthcare and Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare do not reach an agreement by the end of June, some 150,000 patients could find their physicians out of network, 90.1 WABE reported.
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Most health insurers would like to pay for many expensive medications based on their ability to improve patient outcomes, according to a survey by health consulting firm Avalere Health, STAT reported.
Employers allocate an increasing amount of employee compensation to healthcare insurance, resulting in lower wages, a HCMS Group study found.
The Connecticut Office of State Ethics opened a 30-day comment period in light of Insurance Commissioner Katharine Wade's possible conflict of interest with a proposed merger between Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna and Indianapolis-based Anthem, Hartford Business reported.
By selling its vision unit, Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health could bring in approximately $2 billion to assuage its recent loses, The Wall Street Journal reported.
University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque and health insurance giant UnitedHealthcare have terminated a contract agreement for services provided to Medicaid patients, reports Albuquerque Journal.