BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina is letting go 244 workers after losing a Veterans Administration Choice contract, according to The Post and Courier.
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A judge awarded an Oklahoma family a multimillion-dollar settlement after the family sued Aetna over its proton therapy coverage, according to Oklahoma's News 4.
The country's five largest commercial payers posted strong results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2018.
Change Healthcare and integration and analytics software provider Tibco Software built a "smart contract" system for health plans.
Humana saw its net income rise 27.3 percent in the third quarter of fiscal year 2018 as the health insurer continued to see strong demand for its Medicare Advantage business.
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Automated phone calls offering ACA-compliant or other health plans are on the rise, especially as the 2019 open enrollment session continues after its Nov. 1 launch, according to California Healthline.
Health insurer startup Oscar Health is growing its member services team and office space in Tempe, Ariz., and plans to add another 400 jobs by 2020, according to KTAR News.
Enloe Medical Center, a 298-bed rural hospital in Chico, Calif., went out of network with Anthem Blue Cross Nov. 1 after the organizations could not negotiate a new contract, according to the Enterprise-Record.
Cigna wants Palo Pinto General Hospital in Mineral Wells, Texas, to return $954,000 it paid the hospital as part of a pass-through billing scheme uncovered earlier this year, according to the Mineral Wells Index.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois can begin enrolling eligible members into its managed Medicaid plans after the state lifted a sanction against the insurer in late October, according to the Chicago Tribune.