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Humana posted strong results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2019, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Optima Health, which was the only health insurer to offer policies on Virginia's ACA exchange in 2018, recorded record profits after tripling individual marketplace premiums, a consumer group told the The Daily Progress.

Detroit residents have average monthly health insurance costs that are $78 higher — or 57 percent more — than the average of the 25 biggest U.S. cities, according to a report from doxo, a web and mobile bill pay service.

Lakeland (Fla.) Regional Health filed a lawsuit against Aetna claiming the insurer arbitrarily denied payment for readmitted patients, according to The Ledger.

Veterans with chronic pain who are at risk for opioid misuse are at the center of a new private partnership between the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Cigna that aims to improve safety and quality of care for this…

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming will welcome its first female CEO as its current chief prepares for retirement, according to the Wyoming Business Report.

Aetna settled a lawsuit after a former medical director said under oath that he didn't review patients' medical records when making coverage decisions, according to CNN.

While Minnesota has allowed only nonprofit health insurers to sell health plans in the state since 1973, a new law will upend that rule and possibly the market, according to Citypages.

Independence Health Group — the parent company of Independence Blue Cross, the largest health insurer in Pennsylvania — saw its medical claim expenses fall by 6.8 percent in 2018, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.

In late August 2017, Joseph Hockett II deposited more than $33,000 into his bank account after Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina reimbursed him for emergency care. Days later, Mr. Hockett, who struggled with addiction, used the money…