The Senate GOP's Better Care Reconciliation Act draft, released June 22, could spark mixed credit implications for health insurers, according to Fitch Ratings.
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David Cordani, CEO of Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna, sold 153,168 company stocks June 19 for a total of $26.1 million, according to a Nasdaq report.
The Kellogg School of Management at Evanston, Ill.-based Northwestern University will hold a panel about two recently blocked insurance mega-mergers: Anthem-Cigna and Aetna-Humana.
Clermont, Fla.-based Primary Partners, a network of central Florida primary care and specialty physicians, and Jacksonville-based Florida Blue will implement an accountable provider program targeted at improving care coordination.
Insurers participating on the ACA exchanges lost about 7 percent to 9 percent of premiums in 2016, down slightly from 10.1 percent of premiums a year prior, according to a McKinsey & Company analysis.
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A provision in the Senate GOP's Better Care and Reconciliation Act could potentially result in a pay boost for health insurance executives, reports The Washington Post.
Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health Plan has maintained a steady presence in Pennsylvania's individual ACA exchange, despite other insurers leaving the state's marketplace.
The Urban Institute, a Washington, D.C., policy and research think tank, compared what net premiums — after federal tax credits — would be under the House-approved American Health Care Act and the ACA in 2020.
The following payers made headlines this week, beginning with the most recent.
Raleigh, N.C.-based Community Care Physician Network and Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna collaborated for rural healthcare initiatives in North Carolina for Medicare Advantage policyholders.