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A recent study found more than one-third of genetic tests ordered by a single medical center during a three-month period were misordered, resulting in $20,000 in unnecessary cost.

Tufts Health Plan in Watertown, Mass., is alerting 70,000 members to an inadvertent disclosure of their health plan information after it was exposed in the window of envelopes mailed out by one of its vendors, the insurer told Becker's Hospital…

Phoenix-based Banner Health and Aetna named Joanne Mizell COO of their joint health plan, AZ Big Media reports.

While some states made premiums part of their Medicaid expansion programs, few enrollees are making the payments, according to a Kaiser Health News report.

Arlington-based Texas Health Resources will no longer be in Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas' network if both parties don't reach a new agreement by a March 31, the insurer told Becker's Hospital Review.

Two Democratic senators inked a letter to Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini requesting the insurer answer questions about why a former medical director said he never looked at patients' medical records when deciding to review or deny claims, CNN reports.

Clover Health, an insurance startup backed by Google's parent company Alphabet, diminished its losses from $35 million in 2016 to $22 million in 2017, according to Bloomberg.

Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare, which operates six hospitals across the state, is embarking on a joint venture with Watertown-based Tufts Health Plan of Massachusetts to form a health insurance company, according to the Hartford Courant.

The Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight issued new guidance concerning how individuals enroll in health plans on HealthCare.gov, Katie Keith writes in Health Affairs' ACA Round-Up.

Humana's top executives sold more than $12 million in shares Feb. 26, Louisville Business First reports, citing Securities and Exchange Commission filings.