Payer

The majority of insurers already finalized plans they will sell during this year's six-week open enrollment period on HealthCare.gov and state-based marketplaces. However, payers fret confusion among the approximately 11 million Americans expected to shop the exchanges beginning Nov. 1…

Boulder (Colo.) Medical Center and Humana launched a value-based healthcare delivery model for Humana Medicare Advantage policyholders in Colorado.

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

Long Beach, Calif.-based Molina Healthcare will lay off 53 employees in Milwaukee beginning Dec. 15, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act filing.

Indianapolis-based Anthem will establish an in-house pharmacy benefits manager called IngenioRx.

The philanthropic division of Louisville, Ky.-based Humana appointed Walter Woods CEO.

Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna will pay approximately $85 million for its New York City headquarters, according to a Hartford Courant report.

In the wake of President Donald Trump's decision to cut federal funding of cost-sharing reduction payments to insurers, states are falling back on secondary plans or hassling to map next steps, The Washington Post reports.

In 2015, U.S. Medicare beneficiary population was estimated to be 55.5 million individuals, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF).

Health plans are projected to lose more than $1 billion through the end of this year if Congress does not reverse President Donald Trump's decision to end federal funding for cost-sharing reductions, according to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.