Payer

Hospital systems ink exclusive contracts with various payers. These secret contracts often contain language barring health insurers from excluding market-dominant providers from their network or adding less-expensive rivals, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Independence Blue Cross in Pennsylvania is notifying an undisclosed number of plan members about a potential compromise of their protected health information after an employee uploaded a file containing personal data to a website that was publicly accessible for three…

The FDA-cleared Apple Watch Series 4 will allow wearers to take electrocardiograms on their wrists and receive alerts if their heartbeat becomes irregular, leaving some to question whether the device will count as a medical device for tax purposes, according…

CMS said Aug. 7 it will give private Medicare Advantage plans more negotiating power over prices for Part B drugs, which are administered in physician offices and hospitals, in an effort to reduce spending.

A new report from the New England Journal of Medicine-Catalysts about trends in payer-provider integration suggests that the industry is warming up to single-payer — with 61 percent of hospital leaders saying single-payer would boost the industry’s efforts to lower…

Becker's Hospital Review reported these eight lawsuits involving payers since Aug. 1, beginning with the most recent.

Becker's Hospital Review reported these eight contract resolutions and dissolutions between payers and providers since Aug. 13, beginning with the most recent.

Humana and Iora Health, a Boston-based network of primary care clinics, expanded their valued-based contract a fifth year, the companies said Sept. 12.

The Trump administration is being sued by patient advocates and other healthcare groups over its decision to expand availability of short-term health plans that do not ensure a full set of health benefits, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Health insurance providers are increasingly designing programs to offer safe and affordable housing options to improve the health and reduce care costs for members at risk of homelessness, according to a report from America's Health Insurance Plans.