Payer

The director of the agency running Arkansas' health insurance exchange will resign Feb. 21, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

Following the footsteps of other Blue plans, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi will change how it pays for emergency room services it decides weren't emergent after care is delivered, according to the Daily Journal.

BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York partnered with WebMD Health Services, part of WebMD Health Corp., to launch a website.

Passport Health Plan, a health insurance company in Kentucky, may see its reserves fall below state requirements by midyear, CEO Mark Carter said during a meeting with lawmakers Jan. 23, according to local news station WDRB.

Cigna, Horizon Blue, Humana and Tufts Health Plan each received a gold medal from research firm Corporate Insight for online user experience.

Optum, the rapidly growing health services unit of UnitedHealth Group, filed a lawsuit seeking to protect its trade secrets from a healthcare venture launched by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase, according to STAT.

Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health eliminated 40 positions in its IT division, according to a Trib Live report.

UnitedHealthcare, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee and Amerigroup Tennessee adopted a new tool to help improve erroneous provider directories.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio revealed he is recruiting city workers to help New Yorkers enroll in health insurance.

A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation aimed at postponing the ACA's health insurance tax another two years.