Fourth-quarter net income at health insurer Aetna shot up 94 percent year-over-year, from $190.1 million in 2012 to $368.9 million in 2013.
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House Republicans have abandoned plans to extend the U.S. debt limit in exchange for the repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's risk corridors for health insurers, according to a report from The Hill.
CMS has issued guidance for health insurance issuers looking to sell health plans through the federally facilitated marketplace or federally run small business health options program in 2015.
Contract negotiations appear to have stalled between Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health and health insurer UnitedHealthcare, according to a report from The Indianapolis Star.
Health insurer Humana posted a fourth-quarter loss of $30 million, a nearly 116 percent drop from $192 million in profit in the fourth quarter of 2012.
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Republican lawmakers are considering extending the U.S. debt limit by one year in exchange for the repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's risk corridors for health insurers, according to a report from The Washington Post.
The House Ways and Means Committee will mark up two bills today that would alter Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provisions concerning employer-based health insurance.
Last month was a milestone for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as people began using the coverage they purchased through the state-based and federally run healthcare exchanges.
Officials from Rhode Island, Kentucky, California and Washington, D.C., have said their state-based health insurance exchanges are better-equipped to deal with the challenges of healthcare reform than the federally run exchange, according to a report from The Hill.
Some of the largest, most financially stable health systems in the country share a business line — operating a health plan — but it is far from an easy task.