Payer

Of all the changes brought on by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), one of the most profound was its effect on the business operations of health payers. What was once primarily a business-to-business (B2B) transaction between payers and employers suddenly…

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, a subsidiary of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, named Jim Simpson president.

Aetna, Anthem, Cigna, Humana and UnitedHealth Group announced quarterly payouts to their shareholders in the past few weeks.

CMS issued an insurance standards bulletin Thursday, which gives another extension to non-ACA-compliant health plans.

UnitedHealth Group's plan to lay off 119 employees at its Optum offices in Colorado struck a chord with Becker's Hospital Review payer issues readers this week.

Thomas McCarthy, CFO of Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna, will retire this summer.

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

One of Farmington, Conn.-based ConnectiCare's two headquarters buildings is up for sale at $18.85 million, the Hartford Business Journal reports.

Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna and HealthCare Partners in El Segundo, Calif. — a division of DaVita Medical Group — will jointly offer Los Angeles-area employers health plans beginning April 1.

Eleven health systems in North Carolina are teaming up to establish a Medicaid managed care company, The Fayetteville Observer reports.