Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna and a physicians group at the University of Maryland in College Park agreed to coordinate patient care to enhance patient outcomes while reducing healthcare expenses, reports The Baltimore Sun.
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The office of New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman reached a settlement with Cigna to eliminate polices previously banning coverage for claims related to psychiatric testing following an investigation of the insurer's mental health benefits.
Lawmakers have put forth legislation in recent years for providers to extend private contracts with their Medicare patients instead of accepting the program's standard fee-schedule amount as full payment for Medicare-covered services. These proposals could have implications on how much Medicare…
Now in control of all three branches of the Federal government, the GOP has made it clear its agenda over at least the next two years will focus tightly on deregulation – Including with a priority push to effectively defund…
Whatever the future holds for ACA, the shift to value-based care is here to stay – and the role for disruption and innovation along with it.
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On Friday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at immediately lessening the economic burden of the ACA as Republican lawmakers work on a repeal and replacement plan. Now, with only eight days left in the open enrollment period…
The Massachusetts Division of Insurance settled on premium rate increases of up to 40 percent over four years with 16 long-term care insurance companies, The Boston Globe reports.
In a 156-page opinion, U.S. District Judge John Bates ruled in favor of the Justice Department and blocked Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna's proposed $37 billion takeover of Louisville, Ky.-based Humana over antitrust concerns.
Leaders of Connecticut's health insurance exchange — Access Health CT — will consider requiring insurers offering health plans on the exchange to pay agents and brokers commission next year, according to CTMirror.
Much of the discussion on an ACA repeal has focused on the consequences for the 20 million Americans who gained coverage under the law's main provisions, such as Medicaid expansion, the health insurance marketplaces and changes to private insurance that…