Patients are significantly more likely to go to an out-of-network provider when seeking behavioral care than when seeking medical or surgical care, according to a study conducted by Milliman and commissioned by the Mental Health Treatment and Research Institute.
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The president and CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts responded to the Senate's passage of a tax reform bill containing repeal of the ACA's individual mandate. The mandate requires most Americans have health insurance.
UnitedHealthcare in Iowa will take on 215,000 Medicaid members previously covered by AmeriHealth Caritas effective Dec. 1, the Des Moines Register reports.
After the ACA's passage, the number of Americans enrolled in public coverage grew faster than the number in private health plans across the five biggest commercial payers, according to a recent study in Health Affairs.
UnitedHealthcare added Iora Health's Hanover, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health Connect primary care physicians to its provider network.
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Anthem entered the Colorado Community Health Alliance, a care model integrating behavioral and physical healthcare for Medicaid beneficiaries.
Philadelphia-based Einstein Healthcare Network entered into a value-based agreement with Humana.
CVS Health inked a definitive merger agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of Aetna for roughly $69 billion in cash and stock.
New Brunswick, N.J.-based Saint Peter's University Hospital filed a motion to supplement its complaint against Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey's tiered provider network, the Courier News reports.
CVS Health plans to significantly extend health services at its brick-and-mortar pharmacies if it closes a potential $66 billion-plus bid for Aetna, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.