Payer

The Mississippi Hospital Association proposed offering residents who make too much to qualify for Medicaid but not enough to receive subsidies on the ACA individual market a health plan similar to Medicaid for $20 a month, according to local NBC…

Although health insurance stocks are taking a hit from discussion surrounding "Medicare for All" policies, Aetna's ex-chairman and CEO Ronald Williams told CNBC investors are overreacting.

The Kaiser Foundation Health Plan was the highest-ranked health plan in five of the 22 regions included in consumer insight firm J.D. Power's annual member satisfaction survey, taking more top spots than any other insurer.

Ten New York state health insurers agreed to collectively pay more than half a million dollars in fines for improperly allowing some employers to claim exemption from providing contraceptive coverage.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont said glitches in a new automated system have caused delays in claim payments, according to the VTDigger.

The following payers announced executive moves since mid-April, as reported by Becker's Hospital Review:

The Department of Justice said health insurers shouldn't receive $12.3 billion in federal payments they expected to receive from selling plans on the ACA's individual marketplaces, according to The National Law Journal.

About 30.4 million Americans were uninsured in 2018, roughly 1.1 million more than recorded the previous year, according to the CDC.

Hospitals were paid, on average, 241 percent of Medicare rates for services provided to privately insured patients in 2017, according to a RAND Corp. study done in collaboration with the Employers' Forum of Indiana.

UnitedHealth Group unveiled a bundled payment program for maternity services aimed at closing care gaps for moms and babies before and after delivery.