Only one health system — Gastonia, N.C.-based CaroMont Health — agreed to join the North Carolina State Health Plan during the second sign-up period, which ended Aug. 5, reports the Winston-Salem Journal.
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UnitedHealthcare is offering free emotional support for people affected by last weekend's mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois is taking over a building vacated by Target on Chicago's South Side, with plans to repurpose it for offices and a community wellness center, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Matt Eyles, CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans, believes "Medicare for All" proposals that would eliminate private health plans are "absolutely the wrong approach," he told the USA TODAY editorial board in an interview.
Reno, Nev.-based Renown Health and Anthem have reached an in-network agreement.
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Humana made $940 million in profit in the second quarter of fiscal 2019, fueling bigger bonus checks for its 50,000 employees, the Louisville Courier Journal's Grace Schneider reports.
Vermont officials handed a cease and desist order to four groups and one individual selling unlicensed health insurance, according to the VTDigger.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan faces a lawsuit filed on behalf of mental health and substance abuse treatment providers that accused the insurer of underpaying claims.
St. Louis-based SSM Health is rolling out a health plan in the St. Louis region this fall, marking the health system's first individual health insurance option in the area.
Cigna reported higher revenue, operating income and profits in the second quarter of fiscal year 2019, driven by its combination with Express Scripts.