UCare, a health insurer based in Minneapolis, sent letters to about 21,000 policyholders listing erroneous premium prices, according to the Star Tribune.
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Twenty-six payers expect their per-unit acquisition costs for prescription drugs to rise between 3 percent and 5 percent annually for the next three years, according to a new survey by investment management firm Cowen.
Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas has "months" before it considers cutting some neonatal intensive care unit services due to dwindling Medicaid reimbursement, the hospital's CEO told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Centene Corp. now owns 89 percent of Madrid-based University Hospital of Torrejón de Ardoz, the health insurer said Jan. 2.
The student insurance provider for at least four Ohio universities abruptly shut down in December, leaving hundreds of uninsured students in search of a replacement without a lapse in coverage, according to cleveland.com.
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A study examining what insurance policies 450 private and public colleges offered their employees in 2017 found a significant increase in high-deductible health plan offerings, according to Sibson Consulting.
While General Electric is spinning off its healthcare unit, the company is facing challenges when it comes to its long-term care insurance policies, according to Marketplace.
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare has entered into a new multiyear contract with health insurance company Cigna after 11 months of negotiations.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan alerted roughly 15,000 Medicare Advantage members that their personal information may have been compromised, according to Crain's Detroit Business.
Several Tenet Healthcare facilities in Massachusetts and other states are set to go out of network with Cigna Jan. 1. In recent ads with Worcester, Mass.-based Telegram & Gazette, the health system has called Cigna "unsure-ance" due to the dispute.