The National Health Law Program, Legal Aid of Arkansas and the Southern Poverty Law Center filed a lawsuit Aug. 14 to stop the implementation of Medicaid work requirements in Arkansas, according to CNN.
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Health insurance startup Oscar Health reported net income of about $5 million in the first half of fiscal year 2018, a significant improvement from its $57.6 million loss in the first half of 2017, the insurer said in an email…
Google parent company Alphabet is planning to invest $375 million in Oscar Health, according to Wired.
Three Southern California health systems — San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare, Mountain Valley-based MemorialCare and Renton, Wash.-based Providence Health and Services' Los Angeles County facilities — introduced a regional health plan with Aetna Aug. 13.
Activist investor Carl Icahn will stop soliciting votes from Cigna shareholders against the insurer's $54 billion takeover of Express Scripts, the billionaire investor said in an Aug. 13 statement.
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Cigna got another supporter of its $52 billion bid for Express Scripts after activist investor Carl Icahn called on shareholders to vote against the deal Aug. 7, according to Reuters.
Two chiropractors in South Carolina are scheduled for trial Aug. 13 on federal charges of overbilling BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina $399,000 in fraudulent claims, according to Myrtle Beach Online.
Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health and WakeMed Health & Hospitals in Raleigh, N.C., are in talks with Centene to offer a health plan on the ACA marketplace that will network with the two health systems, according to WRAL.
Bronx, N.Y.-based Montefiore Health System urged patients to contact Aetna about an ongoing contract dispute that may result in the system leaving the health insurer's network by Sept. 8, according to The Journal News/lohud.