Payer

While 85 percent of small business owners said their operations are going well or even excellent, the cost of providing employee healthcare coverage remains a significant challenge, according to a survey commissioned and released by Public Private Strategies and funded…

America's uninsured rate is on the rise, according to a report from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Here are six recent articles posted by Becker's Hospital Review that concern payer-provider relationships: 

The following payer executives changed their positions this month.

Private payers will likely have to pay $743 million in rebates in 2019 for overcharging premiums on the individual market, according to an estimate by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Across individual and employer insurance markets, private health insurers are slated to pay back at least $1.3 billion in rebates this year, according to an estimate by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

While UnitedHealth Group will see revenue growth slow in coming years, the country's largest health insurer will likely post about $275 billion in revenue by 2021, according to a report from financial analyst firm Trefis.

Robots are reminding 1,700 employees at Humana Pharmacy's call center to be more compassionate, according to USA Today.

The rate of Americans without health insurance grew to 8.5 percent, or 27.5 million, in 2018, according to a report from the U.S. Census Bureau. 

A hearing scheduled for Sept. 10 regarding a Texas hospital's temporary restraining order against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas has been pushed back, according to a press release from the hospital.