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Anthem is offering financial incentives to encourage its employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

Thirty percent of Medicare beneficiaries are near-poor and may experience what is called a Medicaid coverage "cliff," according to a study in Health Affairs. 

HealthEquity announced it will acquire Further, a health savings account business run by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota parent Stella Health, for $500 million.

More than 500,000 Americans signed up for ACA marketplace health insurance during the 2021 special enrollment period, according to a press release from CMS.

Health insurance startup Bright Health has acquired telehealth company Zipnosis.

The Cigna and Oscar partnership, Cigna + Oscar, has expanded its small business health coverage in California, the companies said April 8.

Highmark is facing a lawsuit filed by a former care management nurse who alleges the health insurer didn't pay required overtime for such tasks as reviewing authorization requests, according to Trib Live.

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey and Saint Peter's University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., settled a six-year legal battle over Horizon's tiered insurance system, according to an April 7 report at NJ.com.

Cigna is offering members who use certain psoriasis drugs $500 to switch to a different brand, according to the American Journal of Managed Care.

The University of Vermont Health Network in Burlington and insurer MVP Health Care partnered to offer a Medicare Advantage plan.