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Shares of WellCare, a Florida-based Medicaid and Medicare managed care plan, hit a record high Tuesday as the payer more than doubled its net income in the third quarter of fiscal year 2017, Reuters reports.  

Becker's Hospital Review reported these 17 contract resolutions and dissolutions between payers and providers in October, beginning with the most recent. 

Aetna saw revenues dip 5 percent in the third quarter of fiscal year 2017 compared to the year prior, but cost containment allowed the insurer to boost net income.

Open enrollment on the ACA exchanges begins Nov. 1 amid cuts to insurer subsidies and advertising funds, according to The Hill.

CMS issued its proposed HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2019.

Analysts predict CVS Health is in talks to buy Aetna to stay ahead of another behemoth — Amazon, according to CNBC.

Philadelphia-based Health Partners Plans selected Geralynn Boone, MSN, RN, to serve as vice president of clinical operations, Medicare.

Physicians in Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey's network achieved $94.9 million in value-based payments last year, up 43 percent from the year prior.

Here are six section 1332 innovation waiver actions under President Donald Trump's administration since July.

Approximately 27.5 million nonelderly Americans did not have health insurance in 2016, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation report.