Payer

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.

Contract negotiations between Jasper, Ind.-based Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield have stalled, according to The Herald. 

Anthem is restoring rates for autism therapies in Indiana it decreased in July, according to NBC affiliate WTHR.

Here are 10 updates on UnitedHealth Group's recent operations, publications and legal dealings reported by Becker's Hospital Review since August.

Hospital leaders and patient advocates in Missouri launched an initiative to get Medicaid expansion on the state's 2020 ballot, according to local news station KTTN News.

The ACA's Medicaid expansion led to increased Medicaid visits to the hospital emergency department, according to an analysis from Brookings Papers on Economic Activity.

Cigna and its third-party claims administrator American Specialty Health agreed to a $20 million settlement that resolves two lawsuits concerning payment for chiropractic care, according to the North Jersey Record, part of the USA Today network.

Shifting specialty drug administration away from hospital settings could reduce expenses by $4 billion annually, according to a new report from UnitedHealth Group.

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