Payer

Fifty-six percent of Americans are insured through a private payer, according to America's Health Insurance Plans' new report.

Eight of the 20 Medicare Advantage plans selected as five-star policies by U.S. News & World Report for 2018 were Kaiser Permanente brands.

The Department of Justice called off its lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group claiming the Minnetonka, Minn.-based insurer submitted false claims to increase Medicare payments, Reuters reports.

UCare dropped the 'interim' from President and CEO Mark Traynor's title.

Indianapolis-based Anthem will move its proposed Atlanta-based IT center to a new 21-story office tower near the city's Technology Square.

Anthem Blue Cross in California lowered premium increases for 2018 following state regulator scrutiny, CaliforniaHealthline reports.

The CEO of Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health System called Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina "the most unethical, bullying foe that I have ever faced" in an email to senior employees obtained by Citizen-Times.

Cincinnati-based Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Ohio added University of Cincinnati Medical Center to its Medicare Advantage provider network.

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

Monona-based Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corp. claimed $1.34 million in unallowable costs in fiscal year 2012, according to a report from HHS' Office of Inspector General.