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.
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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.
Becker's Hospital Review reported these eight contract resolutions and dissolutions between payers and providers since July 20, beginning with the most recent.
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Humana sold the stock of its commercial long-term care insurance business, KMG American Corp., Aug. 9.
CMS will use the statewide average premium for the 2018 benefit year in its risk adjustment payment calculations, allowing the program to continue for the 2018 benefit year, federal officials proposed Aug. 8.
The Trump administration's final rule for short-term health plans, released Aug. 1, already is facing resistance from state governments and state insurance regulators, according to The New York Times.
Neighborhood Health Plan, acquired six years ago by Boston-based Partners HealthCare, will change its name to AllWays Health Partners next year — a rebranding aimed at positioning the insurer as one of the top health plan providers in the state,…
UnitedHealth Group will acquire four clinics through its purchase of Peoples Health, a Metairie, La.-based Medicare Advantage plan, according to the Star Tribune.