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.
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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:
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.
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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.
Half a million of Humana's members, employees and patients were screened for social determinants of health last year, according to the health insurer's fourth annual "Bold Goal Progress Report."
The trust fund for Medicare Part A — which covers inpatient hospital and skilled nursing home care — will deplete in seven years, according to the Medicare Board of Trustees' annual report.