Payer

Aetna recorded a 75.5 percent increase in fourth quarter profit in 2017 despite revenue declines.

Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare remains in negotiations with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois and Health Alliance Medical Plans days before OSF's acquisition of two hospitals owned by Chicago-based Presence Health, The News-Gazette.  

Gary Loveman, executive vice president of consumer health and services, will leave his post at Aetna, the company confirmed with Becker's Hospital Review.

Oscar Health, a New York City-based health insurance startup, said two-thirds of its interactions with members were virtual last year — up from 46 percent in 2016.

Health insurers in Idaho will be able to provide state-based plans that bypass certain ACA regulations, The Hill reports.

From Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska naming its CEO to Fishersville, Va.-based  Augusta Health launching a petition against Anthem, here are seven payers making headlines this week.

A Mississippi waiver request to impose work requirements on Medicaid enrollees recently opened for federal comment, according to The Hill.

Fortune ranked UnitedHealth Group the top health insurer in its annual list of "The World's Most Admired Companies" for 2018.

Corporate Insight awarded five health insurers gold medals for digital member experience.

New York state reached a $1.15 million settlement with Aetna over claims the insurer inadvertently revealed the HIV status of about 2,460 members.