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.
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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.
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.
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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.
The 36 independent, locally-operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association companies spent more than $250 million on community health initiatives last year, according to the association's 2016 The Health of America Community Investment report.
Mark Bertolini, CEO of Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna, said the company's decision to relocate its headquarters is "an investment in attracting different kinds of people into our organization," according to a CNBC report.