Health insurance lobby AHIP is asking government officials to implement a "good faith safe harbor" as insurers adjust to an upcoming surprise billing rule.
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Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health Plan completed its acquisition of Gateway Health Plan on Sept. 7, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Morgantown-based West Virginia University Medicine is creating Peak Health, a health insurance services company, to serve its 30,000 employees.
Centene announced a pair of executive appointments Sept. 7, with Brent Layton named president and COO, and Sarah London named vice chair for Centene's board of directors.
The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area in Texas has the highest uninsured rate at 35.7 percent when compared to other metro areas in the U.S., according to a ranking from 24/7 Wall St.
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Medicare costs are set to see increases over last year as the 2022 open enrollment period start date is just over a month away.
The state of California is investing $6 billion into its Medi-Cal program to target community issues that traditionally fall under social services.
Just two days before the deadline, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee and Chattanooga, Tenn.-based CHI Memorial Health Care System reached an agreement that keeps thousands of patients in-network.
For decades, the prior authorization process has been an albatross for payers, providers and patients. Although utilization management processes are necessary to ensure value-based care, these processes are often labor intensive, inefficient and time consuming. Artificial intelligence (AI) technology has…
America has seen record growth in its gig economy — workers who are contracted, on-call, temporary or self-employed — as gig work now accounts for a third of U.S. employment.