The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, which represents 36 independent Blue companies, launched a national provider network that includes healthcare providers who routinely offer high-quality care at a lower price, according to Crain's Chicago Business.
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Aetna Better Health of West Virginia, a subsidiary of CVS Health-owned Aetna, is taking over management of West Virginia's foster care system, according to MetroNews.
Dallas-based Steward Health Care System will divest its managed care plans in Arizona to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, the organizations said Nov. 7.
Below are 10 hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking vice presidents during the past month.
An insurance broker in the District of Columbia was found guilty of committing 22 counts of fraud, making false statements and identity theft in a scheme against CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield.
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Atrium Health and Novant Health joined Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina's value-based network, meaning seven of the state's largest systems will be in value-based arrangements with the insurer in 2020.
The Health Care Cost Institute, a nonprofit organization sharing and analyzing unidentified claims datasets, partnered with the intelligence arm of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, the companies said Nov. 12.
UnitedHealth Group appointed Sir Andrew Witty as its president Nov. 11.
Here are 10 lawsuits involving commercial and government payers posted by Becker's Hospital Review in the past month.
Roughly 15,600 older adults died prematurely from 2014-17 in states that didn't expand Medicaid under the ACA, according to a report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a progressive think tank.