Payer

The New York State Department of Financial Services fined Cigna $2 million, alleging the payer sold unauthorized plans in the state's small-group market.

The California Department of Managed Health Care fined Anthem subsidiary Blue Cross of California $5 million, accusing the insurer of "systemic" grievance resolution violations.

UnitedHealthcare is slated to hire 400 employees in Iowa, according to We Are Iowa.

Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health System and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina resumed talks more than a month after their contract expired, a BCBS spokesperson told 13 WLOS.

While the national average of payments to primary care physicians under value-based agreements is 6 percent, PCPs in value-based agreements with Humana received 16.2 percent of payments, according to Humana's annual report.

In light of a contract impasse between Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare and Anthem, Connecticut's lead Democrat may reintroduce a bill aimed at governing payer-provider negotiations, the Hartford Courant reports.

CMS released risk corridors payment amounts and charges for the 2016 benefit year Monday.

During a keynote discussion at a Financial Executives International conference in New York City Monday, Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini described healthcare as a "rat's maze," according to CFO.

Physicians at the interim meeting of the American Medical Association Nov. 14 in Honolulu voted to encourage more consistent coverage of genetic tests and therapeutics.

Former ONC chief Karen DeSalvo, MD, has been elected to Humana's board of directors, the company announced Monday.