While the merger between Hartford, Conn.-based based Aetna and Louisville, Ky.-based Humana has not been officially approved, leaders from both insurers are working to ensure their cultures align, according to Louisville Business First.
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, which has been in hot water this year due to problems due to a new system, has shared four thoughts on how to improve the Affordable Care Act, according to The News…
In an effort to improve patient care quality and decrease coverage costs, Covered California — California's Affordable Care Act insurance marketplace — is considering removing low-performing or high cost hospitals from its network, according to NPR.
During a two-hour hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, antitrust regulators vowed to closely analyze healthcare's two biggest mergers: the one between Aetna and Humana and the one between Anthem and Cigna, according to…
An ex-Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida business analyst has been arrested after submitting hundreds of false medical service claims, according to The Florida Times-Union.
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The following insurers made headlines this week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.
Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health has come up with a new way to pay physicians for treating cancer patients, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.
Louisville, Ky.-based health insurer Humana has opened a retail pharmacy in San Antonio, marking the second retail pharmacy it has opened in the state of Texas, according to San Antonio Express-News.
Pittsburgh-based health insurer Highmark's enrollment both on and off the federal exchanges dropped from 350,000 in February 2015 to 195,000 in February 2016, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
A new health insurer is making a splash in the Atlanta and Chicago marketplaces, according to the Star Tribune.