Insurance departments in five states approved Centene's proposed $17.3 billion acquisition of WellCare Health Plans, bringing the total number of state approvals to 24.
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Humana filed a lawsuit Oct. 18 accusing 37 pharmaceutical companies of partaking in a conspiracy to increase generic drug prices, according to Louisville Business First.
UnitedHealth Group will lose two contracts with large employers to provide their workers retirement healthcare benefits, according to Bloomberg.
More insurers are covering genetic tests for psychiatric medications despite federal warnings and questions surrounding the validity of the tests, according to NPR.
Medicaid enrollment is dropping across states while total spending in the program increased modestly in fiscal year 2019, according to a policy brief published by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance rejected a proposal from Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey that would have outsourced some claim reviewal and medical necessity determination to a third-party company, according to the North Jersey…
Here are 11 recent articles posted by Becker's Hospital Review that concern payer-provider relationships:
After more than 10 months of negotiations, Mercy Medical Center in Springfield, Mass., agreed to a new three-year contract with Cigna, according to Mass Live.
Molina Healthcare entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Medicaid assets from a New York health plan, the health insurer said Oct. 16.
UnitedHealth Group and its health services subsidiary Optum are undertaking a new effort to combine health insurance and medical care, according to Forbes contributor Bruce Japsen.