Patients and employers could see their healthcare costs decrease by 62 percent if diagnostic imaging was shifted from hospital outpatient settings to lower-cost imaging centers, according to a report from UnitedHealth Group.
Payer
Nearly a quarter of all claims for COVID-19 tests are coming from out-of-network providers, and the share of claims for tests with inflated prices has grown since this summer, according to a survey from the health insurance trade group America's Health…
The board of directors of America's Health Insurance Plans named Bruce Broussard, president and CEO of Humana, as its new chair for 2021.
In September, Cigna rebranded its health services division as Evernorth.
Health insurers can expect several factors, like interest rates, regulation and possible transformation of government healthcare, to negatively affect their credit in the long term, according to a new report from credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings.
Advertisement
Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare and Humana signed a new in-network agreement for Humana's commercial and government members in Florida, the organizations said Nov. 12.
The following payer executives changed their positions in November so far.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan struck a partnership with Premise Health, a direct healthcare company based in Brentwood, Tenn., to create employer-sponsored health and wellness centers.
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, trends showed increased interest in the use of telehealth services by healthcare professionals and patients.
CVS Health named Daniel Finke as the new president of its Aetna healthcare benefits segment Nov. 11.