Anthem saw its revenues and net income increase in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019, thanks in part to gains in membership and premium increases, according to the company's financial release.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas members may face high out-of-pocket expenses and confusion after the health insurer broke ties with an emergency room contractor for Arlington-based Texas Health Resources — but not the system's hospitals, according to ABC affiliate…
The number of uninsured patients who were hospitalized or visited the emergency department declined after 2014, when many of the ACA's insurance provisions were implemented, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
Centene reported higher revenue and profits as it prepares to buy WellCare Health Plans for $17.3 billion, according to the health insurer's first quarter financial report.
Here are five recent articles posted by Becker's Hospital Review that concern payer-provider relationships:
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More than a million Americans have become uninsured since 2016, according to an April analysis from the Congressional Budget Office.
UnitedHealth Group CEO David Wichmann's total compensation for 2018 was $21.5 million, according to the Star Tribune.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana is suing a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, accusing it of filing "sham" patent litigation to keep generic forms of Zytiga off the shelves to maintain a monopoly on its best-selling prostate cancer drug, according…
Irving, Texas-based Christus Health System is back in Cigna's provider network after its contract ended in March, according to the Longview News-Journal.
Steamboat Springs, Colo.-based UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Colorado partnered on a health plan, the organizations said April 22.