Payer

The following payers made headlines this week, beginning with the most recent. 

Louisville, Ky.-based Humana is cutting 180 jobs in its home health division, Insider Louisville reports.

The following executive moves took place at health insurance companies since Aug. 1. 

Managed care company WellCare of North Carolina, a subsidiary of Tampa, Fla.-based WellCare Health Plans, added Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health System to its provider network Aug. 28.

A California senator proposed legislation to protect patients with marketplace-based health coverage when insurers wind down individual exchange policies, Kaiser Health News reports.

More than 20 million Americans gained coverage under the ACA, but many may be paying more out of pocket as they sign up for high deductible health plans, according to a report from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics. 

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee plans to hold bipartisan hearings on healthcare reform beginning September 6, and while ideas such as funding for cost-sharing reduction subsidies are broadly acknowledged as essential next steps, other ways to stabilize…

UnitedHealth Group constitutes more than 70 percent of successful business deals pursued by U.S. managed care companies during the past five years, according to a column published in Bloomberg Gadfly.

Oklahoma City-based Integris Health and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma in Tulsa eluded an Aug. 31 contract termination Tuesday.

The approximately 243,000 Marylanders enrolled in individual exchange plans will see an average 33 percent premium increase for 2018.