The National Association of Insurance Commissioners penned a letter to four leaders in the House stressing the importance of caution as lawmakers craft an ACA replacement and listing priorities among payers throughout the country.
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Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna and HeartWell, a medical practice with 23 cardiologists in nine south Florida offices, launched a program to improve quality and cost of care for chronic coronary artery disease patients.
A judge's ruling to block Aetna's proposed acquisition of Humana most grabbed the attention of Becker's Hospital Review payer issues readers this past week.
Moody's Investors Service said a federal judge's ruling to block Aetna's proposed $37 acquisition of Humana alleviated the threat of job cuts and will positively affect the credit of the insurer's Hartford headquarters, the region and Connecticut, reports Hartford Courant.
White House officials shared plans Thursday to withdraw ads encouraging Americans to sign up for health insurance through HealthCare.gov in the final days before the open enrollment period for 2017 coverage closes, then reversed that decision Friday afternoon.
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The following payers made headlines this week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.
Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Priority Health and Flint, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care have agreed to add McLaren hospitals and physicians to the Priority Health network.
Atlanta-based Grady Health System and Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna agreed to a new contract to keep all Grady hospitals and physicians in Aetna's network.
As Republican lawmakers continue efforts to repeal and replace the ACA, U.S. health insurers are providing input on changes they would like to see, reports Reuters.
Vermont Health Connect, the state's ACA exchange, is poised for change under Republican Gov. Phil Scott's proposed budget.