Anthem doesn't plan to acquire a large amount of physicians like rival health insurer UnitedHealth Group, according to Forbes contributor Bruce Japsen.
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In October 2017, Anthem unveiled plans to establish an in-house pharmacy benefits manager called IngenioRx. Now, amid increasing public scrutiny of PBMs, executives at the Indianapolis-based insurer are promising a much more consumer-friendly, transparent experience, according to Bloomberg.
President Donald Trump's administration is considering requiring hospitals and providers to publish the prices they negotiate with payers for patients to see, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a class-action lawsuit filed against Cigna that accuses the health insurer of committing securities fraud, according to the New York Law Journal.
Three health insurers filed status reports with the federal government March 5 asking for billions in unpaid cost-sharing reductions payments. While the insurers don't agree on the estimate, a group of insurers' class-action lawsuit estimates damages of more than $2…
Cory Scott is the new CEO of Texas Health Aetna, a joint venture launched by Arlington-based Texas Health Resources and Aetna in 2017.
CMS is requesting information about how to best help health insurers sell policies across state lines, the agency said March 6.
Here are five recent articles posted by Becker's Hospital Review that concern payer-provider relationships:
Here are eight lawsuits involving payers posted by Becker's Hospital Review since mid-February:
The U.S. health insurance market we know in 2019 is already drastically different and more challenging than the one we left behind in 2018.
