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Dallas-based insurance product distributor Integrity Marketing Group recently acquired Indianapolis-based Star Benefit Associates.

Cigna is launching StressWaves, a digital tool that analyzes voices to determine stress levels.

With five days of the Biden administration's ACA special enrollment period left, the White House announced that over 2.5 million people have enrolled in coverage throughout the time span. 

Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank settled an Employee Retirement Income Security Act lawsuit against the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. 

A contract between Springfield (Ill.) Clinic and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois is ending Aug. 19, and both sides are at odds over who is to blame.

Chicago-based Health Care Service Corp. is expanding Medicare Advantage plans to over 90 new counties as it provides new plan options to 1.1 million eligible people, marking the largest expansion of its kind for the insurer. 

To improve health outcomes and lower healthcare costs, providers and risk-bearing entities must collaborate across the entire care continuum. This is essential for patient and member-centered care.

Banner|Aetna, the joint venture chartered by Phoenix-based Banner Health and Aetna, is stepping into Arizona's ACA marketplace in January 2022. 

A CMS rule set to be proposed Aug. 10 is seeking to officially end the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation's "most favored nations" model, according to a CMS document. 

After a banner second quarter in 2020, for-profit health insurers are seeing their profits fall back to numbers that are closer in line with pre-COVID-19 levels.