Independence Health Group, the parent of Independence Blue Cross, reported a net loss of $54.4 million in 2015, down from net income of $69.2 million the year prior, according to The Inquirer.
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Anthem Blue Cross is eyeing a new partnership with Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Adventist Health and California-based Community Medical Centers in Fresno and Clovis in which it would offer more services to local Medi-Cal patients, reports Hanford Sentinel.
This winter, Chicago-based Land of Lincoln Health — a health insurance co-op — planned to make University of Chicago Medicine out-of-network for its enrollees effective March 1. But now the two organizations have repaired their relationship, according to Crain's Chicago…
As one part of Anthem's proposed acquisition of Cigna, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has approved Anthem's request to purchase Cigna's Florida-based affiliates, according to the Insurance Journal.
Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program may not be as successful at enrolling African American and Latino children as is often thought, according to The Washington Post.
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Numerous health insurers — including BCBS of Illinois, Oscar Health and UnitedHealthcare — are cutting or altogether eliminating agents' commissions, according to USA Today.
Research indicates Medicare Advantage plans may not be equipped to take care of sicker patients, according to Austin Frakt, PhD, health economist and founder of the blog "The Incidental Economist."
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad's (R) plan to privatize Medicaid in the state has come to fruition.
Providers and patient advocates in Connecticut are supporting legislation that calls for a group led by the Connecticut Insurance Department to gather data from health plans comparing approval and denial rates for particular behavioral health and medical services, reports CT…
San Francisco-based Dignity Health and Anthem Blue Cross have partnered on a tiered Exclusive Provider Organization/Preferred Provider Organization health plan, which is set to launch in California May 1.