President and CEO of Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health System Ron Paulus, MD, told Citizen-Times negotiations between the health system and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina in Durham are nonexistent.
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More than six months after proposed Anthem-Cigna and Aetna-Humana mergers collapsed, four economists testifying in the cases met in Chicago to discuss the deals' sticking points and implications.
Five years after Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke's Health System began pursuing value-based payment agreements, projected premium savings remain absent, according to an Idaho Statesman report.
Three major commercial payers saw their stock prices fall last week.
Medical Group of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg will participate in Camp Hill, Pa.-based Highmark Blue Shield's value-based reimbursement model.
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Indianapolis-based Anthem backpedaled its planned exit from Virginia's individual health insurance marketplace, Forbes reports.
Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna will release the second iteration of its TV Doctors of America campaign aimed at influencing consumers to access preventative care services.
“Nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated”. Well, nobody except everybody that works in the business of healthcare, or has had to navigate the system as a patient, provider or payer.
Massachusetts has the lowest percentage of uninsured adults of any state in the U.S., according to analysis by WalletHub.
Albuquerque-based Molina Healthcare of New Mexico will fill 250 contact center jobs during the next year, according to an Albuquerque Business First report.