Indianapolis-based health insurer WellPoint has officially changed its corporate name to Anthem, a move the company initially announced earlier this year.
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At an investor's conference in New York City, UnitedHealth Group CEO Stephen Hemsley, said he projects the financial drag from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will diminish in coming years, according to a Star Tribune report.
The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration has announced Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Managed Health Services of Indiana and MDwise have won the contracts to provide coordinated healthcare services to approximately 84,000 Medicaid enrollees beginning next year.
"A good time" and "shopping for health insurance" are rarely found in the same sentence, according to the latest Bankrate Health Insurance Pulse survey. About two-thirds of Americans think shopping for health insurance is about as enjoyable as getting a…
If the Supreme Court invalidates the legality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act tax subsidies for health insurance, legal scholars say it could be the beginning of the unravelling of the healthcare law, according to Kaiser Health News.
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Insurance giant Aetna has appointed Karen Rohan as president, effective Jan. 1.
The numbers are in: 462,125 people selected a healthcare plan from Healthcare.gov from November 15 to 21, and 48 percent of those individuals were first-time customers, according to a Reuters report.
UPMC will not allow 689 of its physicians to participate in Highmark Medicare Advantage plans after the Pittsburgh-based insurer terminated their contracts last week, according to the Pittsburgh Business Times.
Atlanta-based Grady Memorial Hospital is leaving the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia network today due to a contract dispute, according to Atlanta Daily World.
The University of Chicago Medicine will be added to the Cigna-HealthSpring Medicare Advantage provider network on Jan. 1, according to a statement.