A California health insurance official signed off on Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna's $37 billion merger with Louisville, Ky.-based Humana after reaching an agreement with Aetna for certain conditions, California Healthline reported.
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As high-deductible health plans become the norm among U.S. employers, many are beginning to explore different strategies to control medical plan costs, according to a new survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute.
After reviewing Oregon payers' 2017 proposed insurance premium rates, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services forecast up to 32 percent rate increases for individuals purchasing plans on the state's marketplace, The Bulletin reported.
New York City-based health insurance startup Oscar Health was once lauded as a disrupter among its more traditional contemporaries. With its quirky branding and emphasis on simplicity, it was coined the "hipster" health insurance company poised to "make health insurance…
Kansas' Medicaid application backlog is four times greater than state officials thought, according to The Kansas City Star. Although previous reports said the state reduced its list of low-income residents waiting to be approved for Medicaid coverage to 3,480, the…
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The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration has selected CareSource to administer healthcare services for those enrolled in the Healthy Indiana Plan and Hoosier Healthwise programs, effective January 2017, reports Dayton Business Journal.
Value-based reimbursement models are taking root at hospitals, health systems and health insurance companies across the nation.
CMS has made available $22 million in funding to help state insurance regulators enact consumer protection controls enforced under the Affordable Care Act.
If Florida insurance regulators give Harken Health Insurance the green light to enter the state, individuals purchasing health coverage could have a co-pay free option in 2017, InsuranceNewsNet reported.
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones pushed the U.S. Department of Justice to axe a proposed $54 billion merger between Indianapolis-based Anthem and Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna on grounds the acquisition would leave consumers with high premiums and diluted access to care,…