Although Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico took a year off of the Affordable Care Act exchanges in 2016, it's looking to enter the marketplace again in 2017, according to the Albuquerque Journal.
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In 1962, David Jones Sr. co-founded a nursing home company that went on to become the Louisville, Ky.-based health insurer Humana. Now he works as treasurer of 21st Century Parks, a nonprofit that preserves and develops public parks — and…
For decades, healthcare organizations have known minority and disadvantaged populations tend to have poorer health outcomes and receive subpar care, and those disparities still exist. A new paper in the Journal of General Internal Medicine suggests reforming how we pay…
Maine's health insurance co-op, Community Health Options, had to utilize 13 percent less of its reserves than it thought it would need to cover losses from the first quarter of this year, according to the Portland Press Herald.
Medicaid reimbursement to nursing homes in Wisconsin may be the worst in the country, a recent study found, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
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Integrated Health Partners of Southern California, a subsidiary of San Diego-based Health Center Partners of Southern California, has launched its first contract with insurer Molina Healthcare.
UnitedHealth is leaving one more state's Affordable Care Act exchanges in 2017, according to the Indianapolis Business Journal.
Blue Cross Blue Shield reinstated Jacksonville, N.C.-based Onslow Memorial Hospital as part of the insurer's low-priced network May 1, reports Jacksonville Daily News.
Colorado legislators have approved a bill to evaluate whether the entire state should be treated as a single geographic district to alleviate the large disparity in premium prices across the state's regions, according to the Denver Post. Gov. John Hickenlooper…
UnitedHealthcare will no longer offer individual plans through Mayland's Affordable Care Act health exchange in 2017, while other large insurers in the state are seeking rate increases of up to 30 percent, according to a Baltimore Sun report.