Almost 49 percent of Medicare Advantage physician directories are riddled with errors regarding provider location, phone number and ability to accept new patients, according to a CMS report.
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Republican legislators in Wisconsin voted to enact a work requirement for some Medicaid beneficiaries as Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers mulls ending the policy, according to The Cap Times.
A lawsuit filed by 49 physician groups against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas was dismissed Dec. 3, according to Bloomberg Law.
Aetna closed the sale of its stand-alone Medicare Part D prescription drug plans to WellCare Health Plans Nov. 30.
Humana hired a new chief strategy and corporate development officer and integrated its care delivery organization into its finance department, the company said Dec. 4.
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A federal judge ordered an additional hearing for CVS Health's $69 billion acquisition of Aetna, even though the companies completed their deal Nov. 28, according to the Hartford Courant.
As the Trump administration has loosened restrictions on association health plans, more small businesses in Nevada have united to to offer insurance to their employees, reports the Reno Gazette Journal.
In negotiations with insurers to bring down healthcare costs, employers should side with their carriers, a Blue Cross Blue Shield executive recently told a group of business leaders in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, according to a Dallas Morning News report.
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare has sold Golden State Medicare Health Plan to a holding company affiliated with Connected Care Group in California.
Retroactive denial policies for emergency room care, such as the one Anthem rolled out in several states, place a financial burden on patients and prevent them from seeking care, according to a Doctor-Patient Rights Project study.