UnitedHealthcare, the health insurance unit of UnitedHealth Group, expanded an existing agreement with Medtronic that denotes the devicemaker's insulin pumps a preferred product for children with Type 1 diabetes, according to the Star Tribune.
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Aledade, an organization that partners with independent primary care practices for ACOs, struck an agreement with Humana to expand value-based models for Medicare Advantage members in three states.
Auburndale, Mass.-based Atrius Health, a provider with 32 medical practices, signed a seven-year global payment agreement with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.
Humana's Medicare Advantage membership is growing, and the health insurer said its joint venture with Walgreens Boots Alliance is driving some of the enrollment, according to Forbes contributor Bruce Japsen.
A federal district court judge denied Oscar's preliminary injunction to stop Florida Blue from enforcing a policy that Oscar said bars Orlando insurance brokers from selling any other insurance if they sell Florida Blue policies.
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The Trump administration is skirting some federal regulations that direct states to assess how enacting Medicaid work requirements will affect beneficiaries, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Ride-sharing company Lyft will expand its nonemergency medical transportation services for Medicare Advantage members.
Oscar appointed Sid Sankaran, the former executive vice president and CFO of finance company AIG, as the health insurer's CFO.
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