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The uninsured rate dropped to 11.7 percent in the first half of 2015, down from 17.3 percent in 2013, according to The Hill.

Tampa, Fla.-based WellCare Health Plans, a private Medicare and Medicaid managed care company, has reported adjusted net income of $59.5 million for the second quarter of fiscal year 2015, compared with an adjusted net loss of $3.1 million for the…

The American Hospital Association submitted a letter to the Department of Justice last week requesting vigorous review of the proposed Anthem-Cigna and Humana-Aetna deals.

The following insurers made headlines this week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.

Optum has designated several specialties and service lines at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic as Centers of Excellence, a bundled program for UnitedHealthcare customers and employers.

Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna saw net income soar in the second quarter to $731.8 million, a 33 percent increase from the same period last year.

Oscar Health Insurance, a young New York-based start-up valued at $1.5 billion, is lauded as a disrupter among its more traditional contemporaries. With its quirky branding and emphasis on simplicity, it has been coined the "hipster" health insurance company poised…

Affordable Care Act enrollees are not as satisfied with their insurance plans as consumers with other types of coverage, according to The Hill.

Providers and payers interact constantly — online, by phone, and face to face. Huge volumes of information go back and forth between them, such as claims, eligibility and benefits inquiries, referral authorizations and lab data.

Few stories in the healthcare industry have gotten as much national attention recently as news that four of the biggest health insurers in the U.S. are merging into two. If the two proposed transactions receive regulatory approval, Aetna and Anthem…