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Highmark and Allegheny Health Network, both in Pittsburgh, launched a pilot program under which Highmark will reimburse ambulance companies for some calls where patients are not taken to a hospital, according to Trib Live.

WellCare Health Plans, a contractor that administers Missouri Medicaid plans, accidentally exposed the personal health information of 19,570 children in a mailing error, The Kansas City Star reports.

San Antonio-based Baptist Health System, a part of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, will lead care delivery for a health plan operated by Mutual of Omaha and Lumeris in San Antonio.

The number of uninsured Americans in the first three months of 2018 was 28.3 million, or 8.8 percent of the population, according to new data released by the CDC.

The new Arizona law HB2322 goes a long way in speeding up the provider approval process, in order to reap the benefits of the new 60-business-day deadline, the process must start with a complete and accurate application.

UnitedHealth Group's stock hit a 52-week high of $269.25 on Aug. 29.

Iowa will give two health insurers managing its Medicaid program a 7.5 percent raise to stay in the $5 billion program, according to the Des Moines Register.  

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is poised to shift management of 2,400 pharmacies from roughly eight in-house employees to Express Scripts, according to Crain's Detroit Business.

High health insurance prices have led a growing number of Americans to bypass commercial health plans and make their own medical safety nets, according to the Santa Fe New Mexican.

Medicare-for-All, a movement among Democrats aiming to disrupt the insurance market and provide Americans with universal healthcare, is gaining popularity among both political parties, a new Reuters Poll found.