Just over two years ago, Aetna hired Firdaus Bhathena as chief digital officer to lead the health insurer's technology strategy.
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A judge denied Blue Cross Blue Shield plans' interlocutory appeal of an opinion and order ruling that how they do business may be an automatic violation of federal antitrust regulations.
Mario Molina, MD, served as CEO of Molina Healthcare from 1996 until the board unexpectedly fired him and his brother John Molina, the company's CFO, in 2017. Dr. Molina and the company are still at odds, according to the Los Angeles…
Cigna and Express Scripts gained approval from California and New York regulators to move forward with their $67 billion merger, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Health insurers Aetna and Oscar signed consent orders totaling more than $2.5 million to resolve allegations they violated New York insurance laws.
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A contract dispute between Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare's Memphis, Tenn.-based facilities and Cigna remains unresolved as a Jan. 1 expiration date approaches, according to the Memphis Business Journal.
Fitch Ratings assigned the health insurance and managed care sector a stable outlook for 2019.
Harrisburg, Pa.-based UPMC Pinnacle and Aetna extended an existing accountable care agreement to include hospitals recently acquired by the hospital system, according to the Central Penn Business Journal.
Twenty-seven percent of uninsured Americans, or 4.2 million people, are eligible to purchase a bronze plan with a $0 monthly premium off the ACA marketplace for 2019, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
The federal government altered the application page for health coverage on the ACA's HealthCare.gov a few weeks after the 2019 open enrollment period began, according to an analysis from the Sunlight Foundation, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization.