Republican Vermont Gov. Phil Scott signed a bill into law mandating residents buy health insurance beginning in 2020, according to the VTDigger.
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An in-network contract between Mishawaka, Ind.-based Saint Joseph Health System and Anthem is slated to expire June 30 unless the organizations can negotiate a new agreement, according to the South Bend Tribune.
Although Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger President and CEO David T. Feinberg, MD, declined a chance to become the chief executive of a healthcare venture launched by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase, the possibility of someone like him running the company…
UnitedHealthcare, the insurance arm of UnitedHealth Group, will acquire Peoples Health, a Metairie, La.-based Medicare Advantage plan, for an undisclosed amount, according to The New Orleans Advocate.
A third-party claims reviewer for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois discovered one of its physician peer reviewers was using someone else's identity, according to a sample letter posted on the Office of the Vermont Attorney General's website.
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During the 2018 coverage period, 48 percent of health insurers selling qualified health plans through the ACA marketplace also offered Medicaid managed care coverage within the same state, according to an analysis from the Association for Community Affiliated Health Plans.
Since the beginning of 2018, 22 payer-provider health insurance products have been launched, with 73 percent of them being a co-branded joint venture insurance policy, according an Oliver Wyman Health analysis.
CVS Health will elevate Aetna's top financial executive to CFO of the combined company — one of several leadership changes CVS unveiled June 6 as it completes its acquisition of the health insurer.
UnitedHealth Group's Optum is one of two companies involved in a $2.2 billion acquisition of a Tacoma, Wash.-based physician-staffing company from Fresenius, according to the Star Tribune.
St. Louis-based Ascension subsidiary St. Vincent, located in Indianapolis, now has an in-network arrangement with Anthem for its microhospitals, according to WFYI Indianapolis.