The CEO of Long Beach, Calif.-based Molina Healthcare has denounced Republicans' American Health Care Act, and is one of the only insurers to publicly raise concerns about the bill's potential affect on payers and patients, The New York Times reports.
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In a bid to appeal to conservative Republican lawmakers who still oppose the American Health Care Act, White House officials are working to eliminate a provision under the ACA that requires payers to cover 10 essential health benefits, reports Politico.
The following payers made headlines this past week, beginning with the most recent.
Louisville, Ky.-based Humana's Bold Goal project improved health in its seven target communities.
Temkin Group, a consumer research firm, released its 2017 customer experience ratings, with health plans comprising more than half of the 10 lowest ranked U.S. companies.
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Affinity Health Plan named Michael Murphy president and CEO.
Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Redirect Health unveiled a healthcare plan in Arizona's Maricopa County, where several insurers pulled their individual ACA exchange health plans from last year.
Birmingham-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama appointed Tim Vines executive vice president and COO, according to a Birmingham Business Journal report.
President Donald Trump is predicted to nominate Makan Delrahim, who previously lobbied for Indianapolis-based Anthem, to helm the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust branch, sources familiar with the issue told Reuters.
The American Hospital Association pressed the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to affirm a district court's decision to halt Indianapolis-based Anthem's merger with Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna ahead of the insurers' appeal.