Payer

High-deductible health plans are changing the way patients pay for and access care, and not in a good way, according to a survey of independent physicians conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago.

In recent years, large commercial health insurers have been expanding their reach into the clinic space.

Two nonprofit Blue Cross Blue Shield health plans are planning on combining.

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island launched a grant program to help behavioral health providers transition to a population health model.

As insurers develop their premium rates for the 2021 plan year, they face new uncertainties from the COVID-19 pandemic. 

To improve member satisfaction, payers are considering how they can meet experience expectations during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. A Salesforce survey of 8,000 consumers, released in January, found 84 percent of consumers say the experience a company provides is…

Seattle-based UW Medicine will no longer be in Cigna's network if the organizations don't negotiate a new contract before August.

Global nonprofit Points of Light named five health plans to its annual list of the most community-minded companies in the U.S.

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Independence Blue Cross have signed a five-year agreement aimed at expanding the hospital's value-based care initiatives. 

Patrick Conway, MD, announced on Twitter June 9 that he joined Optum as the company's CEO of Care Solutions.