The Obama administration will investigate health insurance companies' prescription drug coverage and other benefits after becoming aware of "discriminatory benefit designs" that discourage people with certain conditions from enrolling in health plans, according to the New York Times.
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Adults enrolled in a consumer-driven health plan are more likely than those in a traditional plan to be engaged and cost conscious about their healthcare, according to findings from a 2014 Employee Benefit Research Institute study.
Ninety-seven percent of employers are committed to offering health benefits to current employees, and many employers are exploring private health insurance exchanges as a means of cutting healthcare costs, reducing administrative burdens and enhancing the benefits they offer covered employees,…
Minnetonka, Minn.-based health insurer UnitedHealthcare has launched a pilot to try a cancer care bundled payment model with the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna, one of the nation's largest healthcare insurers, has predicted its earnings per share will be "at least" $6.90 in 2015, according to a presentation from Aetna's 2014 investor conference.
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The nation's largest insurer, UnitedHealth Group, is projecting double-digit earnings growth next year, but it may be managed care company Molina Healthcare that has the biggest earnings growth among insurers in 2015, according to Todd Campbell, founder of E.B. Capital…
Venture capital-funded Oscar Health in New York City is launching an initiative aimed at incentivizing its members to meet daily activity goals, including walking a set number of steps, according to a Crain's New York Business report.
Indianapolis-based health insurer WellPoint has officially changed its corporate name to Anthem, a move the company initially announced earlier this year.
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.