Payer

Minnesota senators advanced a bill that proposes to maintain subsidies for health insurers for three years, according to the Duluth News Tribune.

Humana agreed to pay $500,000 to settle a lawsuit that accused the health insurer of pregnancy discrimination, according to Business Insurance.

Humana launched a bundled payment program for Medicare Advantage patients undergoing spinal fusion surgery.

Oregon health insurers saw varying results in fiscal year 2018, with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest and Moda Health Plan recording multimillion-dollar losses, according to The Lund Report.

Cambia Health Solutions, the parent company of four Blue Cross Blue Shield plans, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, are joining forces, the health insurers said March 12.

The majority of health plans aren't "making meaningful progress" on prior authorization reforms, according to a physician survey released by the American Medical Association.

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island posted its second consecutive year of profits in 2018, according to local news station WPRI.

College Station-based Texas A&M University Health Science Center and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas finalized an agreement for a new rural health project in Texas, the healthcare companies said March 11.

After President Donald Trump's administration revealed it is considering requiring hospitals and providers to publish the prices they negotiate with payers for patients to see, the industry is readying a push against the proposal, according to The Wall Street Journal.

UnitedHealth and OptumRx will significantly expand a program that will require new employer clients to pass rebates to the consumers who take their medications.