Oscar Health CEO and co-founder Mario Schlosser said the insurer's innovative approach to coverage aims to make the whole process less costly and easier for patients to navigate — an issue he and his wife encountered when they had their…
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While only a few million people have short-term health insurance plans, new rules expanding their availability could have a negative effect on any patient who uses a hospital, according to an opinion piece published in STAT.
Over the last few years, healthcare has shifted from a standardized, product-centric experience to one that is more personalized. Patients now have access to more information on providers than ever, meaning they have more choice when selecting care they feel…
More than 100,000 patients could be affected if a price dispute between Aetna and Miami-based Mount Sinai Medical Center goes unresolved, according to the Miami Herald.
Anthem hired former Google leader Udi Manber to head up its artificial intelligence program, a spokesperson from the health insurer confirmed with CNBC.
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Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare and Cigna extended their contract multiple years under a new value-based agreement.
Aetna will offer Medicare Advantage plans in an additional 358 counties and six states for the 2019 coverage year, the insurer said Oct. 22.
Some states are opting to create and run their own eligibility and enrollment platforms for ACA-compliant individual plans instead of using the federally run marketplace, according to a Georgetown University Health Policy Institute blog post.
In 2019, North Carolina will bring on private health plans to manage its Medicaid program, according to StarNews Online.
Anthem's policy to retrospectively deny coverage for emergency care it deems nonemergent could land 1 in 6 patients with denied claims if widely adopted, according to a study published in JAMA Network.