Payer

Following a lost bid to manage Delaware's Medicaid program, UnitedHealth Group will lay off 138 employees, The News Journal reports.

Humana amended its executive severance policy in the event a change in company ownership occurs, Insider Louisville reports.

Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare signed an in-network agreement with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois Nov. 22.

Although Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare and Anthem resolved their dispute, Connecticut lawmakers are seeking information on how the impasse affected residents, according to the Hartford Courant.

From a healthcare consumer perspective, it increasingly strikes one that the healthcare insurance market is a story of haves and have-nots.

Established in 2006, the Massachusetts Health Connecter was the nation's first health exchange. It was created as the cornerstone of the state's 2006 healthcare reform law, which helped reduce Massachusetts' uninsured rates to the lowest in the U.S. and later…

Passing tough accreditation standards may lead to competitive advantage among stakeholders

CMS will expand its Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model to include 25 states in 2019.

From Cigna announcing an alliance with San Jose, Calif.-based Good Samaritan Health System to Hartford HealthCare ending its contract dispute with Anthem, here are four notable payer stories making headlines this week.

Becker's Hospital Review reported these six contract resolutions and dissolutions between payers and providers since Nov. 3, beginning with the most recent.