The cost of healthcare coverage for families with employer-sponsored plans is rising to an average of $22,221 annually, according to a Nov. 10 survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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The majority of payers continued to find strong profits in 2021's third quarter, with notable development from Anthem and slight backpedaling from Humana.
Chicago-based Zing Health completed its acquisition of Dallas-based insurer Lasso Healthcare on Nov. 9.
Eighty-two percent of Americans prepared to enroll in a health plan ahead of 2021's open enrollment period, an all-time high for UnitedHealthcare's Consumer Sentiment Survey.
Payers approached plan affordability in a plethora of ways throughout 2022, including finding ways to reduce premiums by upwards of 10 percent, according to a Nov. 10 report from the Alliance of Community Health Plans.
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A recently unsealed whistleblower lawsuit out of Philadelphia accuses Aetna of assigning children under Medicaid to providers who were dead, out of state or did not specialize in pediatrics.
Clover Health boasted a 153 percent jump in revenue in 2021's third quarter, but could convert that growth into positive income, according to its Nov. 8 earnings report.
Evernorth subsidiary Express Scripts is offering health plans and employers the ability to cover over-the-counter COVID-19 tests.
Anthem is moving to acquire Integra Managed Care, a New York-based, managed long-term care plan.
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee selected The University of Tennessee Medical Center and University Physicians' Association to serve as the backbone of Blue Network L as it expands to Knoxville in 2022.