Payer

With the future of cost-sharing reductions — which help insurers offset the cost of coverage for low-income Americans — on the line, insurers face increased uncertainty as key dates approach in the application and rate request process for ACA exchange…

The inaugural J.D. Power 2017 Managed Medicaid Special report found Medicaid recipients are more satisfied with their coverage than traditional, commercial health plan members.

The Pennsylvania Insurance Department will allow Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health to make investments in its acquired entity, Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network, with less oversight than previously required, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.

Becker's Hospital Review reported on the following layoffs and hires by payers in July.

Becker's Hospital Review reported these 18 contract resolutions and dissolutions between payers and providers in July, beginning with the most recent. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealthcare negotiated an in-network agreement, Tennessean reports.

Long Beach, Calif.-based Molina Healthcare distributed its first wave of layoff notices Thursday, signaling plans to cut 54 positions in California by Oct. 1, according to a Press-Telegram report.

Cleveland-based Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed members will gain in-network access to all Cleveland-based University Hospitals facilities and providers for the first time in 20 years.

St. Louis-based Centene Corp. reported $254 million in net earnings in the second quarter of fiscal year 2017, a 49.4 percent increase from net earnings of $170 million in the same period last year.

America's Health Insurance Plans, the health insurance industry's largest trade group, urged GOP Senators Thursday to not repeal the ACA's mandate requiring most Americans have health insurance without a way to ensure individuals maintain their plans, The New York Times…