UnitedHealth Group posted higher revenues and profits in the third quarter of fiscal year 2019, the health insurer said Oct. 15.
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Colorado officials proposed a public option for its state individual health insurance market, The Denver Post reports.
Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper, Ind., and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield have hit an impasse in their contract negotiations, according to The Herald.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services asked a state tribunal reviewing how it awarded contracts for its managed Medicaid program to reject claims that its process was influenced by conflicts of interest, according to WRAL.
Health Care Service Corp. doled out raises in 2018 to eight of its 10 highest-paid executives, including former leaders, according to Crain's Chicago Business.
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The CMO of Mercy Medical Center in Springfield, Mass., wrote that Cigna may force the hospital out of its provider network due to disagreements over rates, according to Mass Live.
A proposed combination of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and Cambia Health Solutions is officially off, boards of the organizations said Oct. 11.
Cleveland Clinic and health insurance startup Oscar will extend their co-branded health insurance plans to three additional counties in Ohio for 2020, the organizations said Oct. 10.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina's board of trustees is immediately developing new corporate governance protocols for reporting significant events, the organization said in a written statement Oct. 9.
UnitedHealth Group shares have been falling in recent weeks, and Jefferies analysts aren't sure the trend will buck soon, according to Barron's.