Rexburg-based Brigham Young University-Idaho will no longer allow Medicaid coverage to fulfill its requirement that all students have health insurance, according to The New York Times.
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Talya Schwartz, MD, president and CEO of MetroPlus Health Plan, spoke with Becker's Hospital Review about regulatory challenges and new initiatives the 500,000-member insurance arm of New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals is prioritizing for 2020.
Under a multiyear agreement, UnitedHealthcare will open 14 Medicare service centers in Walgreens stores across the U.S., the organizations said Nov. 25.
ProMedica froze enrollment in its managed Medicaid program as the Toledo, Ohio-based health system faces more than $100 million in losses due to the plan, according to The Blade.
Cigna is closing an office building in Hooksett, N.H., that housed about 250 employees, according to the New Hampshire Union Leader.
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David Cordani, the CEO of Cigna, said the insurer would consider buying more companies in the future, according to Bloomberg.
Two Michigan health plans — Priority Health and Total Health Care — received approval from Michigan regulators to combine, the organizations said Nov. 21.
Six recent articles posted by Becker's Hospital Review that concern payer-provider relationships:
Florida Blue may drop Health First, a Rockledge, Fla.-based hospital system and insurer, from its network due to rate disagreements, according to Florida Today.
Employees are reporting higher stress and less satisfaction when it comes to their health insurance benefits, according to a survey conducted by Aflac.