St. Luke's Health Partners, a 3,400-member provider group affiliated with St. Luke's Health System in Boise, Idaho, struck a value-based payment arrangement with Humana, the organizations said Dec. 2.
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Humana will acquire full ownership of iCare, a Wisconsin Medicaid health plan, the insurer said Dec. 3.
UnitedHealth Group is working with Eli Lilly on a clinical trial that will study at-home infusions of the drugmaker's COVID-19 antibody treatment.
A new Cigna policy that limits coverage for hospital-based MRI and CT scans could have a "profoundly negative" effect on children and adolescents who require advanced outpatient imaging, radiologist groups wrote in a Nov. 24 letter to Cigna leaders.
Prime Accountable Care West and Humana struck a new in-network agreement, the companies said Dec. 2.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas and U.S. Anesthesia Partners signed a long-term agreement that allows BCBSTX members to continue receiving services from the national anesthesia provider at in-network rates.
Oscar named R. Scott Blackley its new CFO, effective March 16.
Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health and Aetna named Jeb Dunkelberger CEO of their Sutter Health | Aetna joint venture health plan. They announced the appointment Dec. 2.
CMS finalized Medicare coverage expansions Dec. 1 for artificial hearts and ventricular assist devices, which are used for patients with life-threatening heart failure.
Several commercial health insurers will waive member cost-sharing — which includes copays, deductibles and coinsurance — for COVID-19 testing and treatment into the next year.