The following insurers made headlines this week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama, the state's largest insurer, has changed the rankings of 18 hospitals within its hospital tiered network, according to a report on AL.com.
After a public hearing and much consideration, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has approved St. Louis-based Centene's acquisition of Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Health Net — with a few conditions.
Half of the parents of uninsured minority children are unaware that their children are eligible for Medicaid/Children's Health Insurance Program coverage, according to a new study from the Medica Research Institute.
Although Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna CEO David Cordani's total compensation in 2015 increased 80 percent to $49 million, he was not the insurer's highest-paid employee, according to the Hartford Courant.
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Although health insurer Anthem is suing Express Scripts for approximately $15 billion in hopes of gaining more savings on prescription drug medications, Express Scripts is not giving up, according to the Indiana Business Journal.
Health insurer Anthem is suing Express Scripts — the nation's largest manager of prescription drug benefits — in an attempt to renegotiate its contract with the company and gain more savings on prescription medicine, according to NPR.
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.
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.