Humana recently mailed data breach notification letters to 684 members informing them that a hacker had accessed a vendor's systems as early as May 2018.
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The first of the year marked the end of the ACA's individual mandate requiring Americans to gain health insurance or pay a fine. While the national mandate is gone, three states and the District of Columbia continue to require that…
Health insurers like the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and America's Health Insurance Plans questioned how a rule on health reimbursement arrangements would affect health insurance markets, according to AJMC.
New York City-based urgent care system CityMD inked a new contract to remain in UnitedHealthcare's network, according to Crain's New York Business.
A health services provider used by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan experienced a ransomware attack in September 2018, according to a sample letter obtained by the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, which contracts with BCBS of Michigan.
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UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Iowa, a managed Medicaid health insurer, appointed Alissa Weber CEO Jan. 3, according to The Gazette.
UCare, a health insurer based in Minneapolis, sent letters to about 21,000 policyholders listing erroneous premium prices, according to the Star Tribune.
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.