Eagan-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota plans to decrease reimbursement for a standard hour-long therapy session by roughly 18 percent Jan. 1, according to a Star Tribune report.
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On a 100-point scale, health system executives ranked their trust in health plans at 52, according to a ReviveHealth survey.
Louisville, Ky.-based Humana rolled out a voluntary early retirement program for employees age 55 or older, Louisville Business First reports.
Some healthcare analysts say Anthem's new imagining policy for hospital-based MRI and CT scans counters quality improvement efforts, Kaiser Health News reports.
At least 50 percent of Americans said $100 or less is the maximum they could spend on health insurance premiums each month, according to a HealthPocket poll.
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Chet Burrell, president and CEO of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield in Baltimore, will retire in mid-2018.
Anthem Blue Cross in California requested a 35 percent premium rate increase for its 2018 ACA exchange plans, citing a significant increase in prescription drug use, Kaiser Health News reports.
All five major commercial payers saw their stock prices fall last week.
The federal health insurance exchange will be shut down for 12 hours during every Sunday in the approaching open enrollment period except one, Kaiser Health News reports.
Abilene, Texas-based Hendrick Health System is disputing its contract with BlueCross BlueShield of Texas in Richardson, Abilene Reporter-News reports.