Payer

Three of the five major commercial payers saw their stock prices fall last week.

Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna concluded a public offering of $1 billion in senior notes Aug. 10.

Annapolis, Md.-based Anne Arundel Medical Center and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield in Baltimore inked a three-year in-network contract Aug. 4.

Amid a rate negotiation deadlock, Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health System offered to continue in-network recognition of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina's ACA exchange policyholders Thursday; however, BCBSNC quickly rejected the proposal.

For the third year in a row, Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente topped J.D. Power's Medicare Advantage plan rankings for member satisfaction.

Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group named Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD, and Sir Andrew Witty to its board.

Health insurance premiums could rise by 2.6 percent in 2018 and up to 2.7 percent in subsequent years with the reintroduction of the ACA's health insurance tax, according to an Oliver Wyman analysis.

Below are 23 payers proposing double-digit premium hikes for coverage offered on the ACA exchanges, based on data complied by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

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

A large portion of payers selling coverage on the ACA exchanges next year are blaming proposed premium rate increases in part on policy uncertainty, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation report.