Payer

Here are 48 insurers which sold health insurance on ACA exchanges for 2016 but exited exchanges in some states or markets for the 2017 coverage year. The payers are listed in alphabetical order.

Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD, R-La., plans to introduce an updated version of his healthcare plan in a bid to win over Democrats who opposed broader efforts by their Republican congressional peers to repeal and replace the ACA, Bloomberg reports.

CMS issued a final rule Tuesday preventing states from increasing or adding pass-through payments for hospitals, physicians or nursing homes contracted with Medicaid managed care organizations.

North Carolina and federal officials are looking to lift a court order blocking Gov. Roy Cooper's (D) Medicaid expansion plan, reports The News & Observer.

Peoria, Ill.-based Samaritan Ministries International, a Christian healthcare cost-sharing ministry, has more than 221,000 members partaking in cost-sharing initiatives to help individuals with healthcare expenses.

Montpelier-based Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont gained $3.5 million after a months-long reconciliation process to settle billing discrepancies through the state's exchange — Vermont Health Connect.

Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group named Timothy Flynn to the company's board of directors.

The Congressional Budget Office estimated repealing the ACA's individual mandate, marketplace subsidies and expanded Medicaid eligibility while sustaining other insurance market reforms under the law would decrease health insurance coverage and increase premiums.

A California-run AIDS program is experiencing enrollment delays following a contract switch involving the program's enrollment and pharmacy benefits, reports California Healthline.

Substantial underpricing of health plans in the early years of the ACA marketplace likely led to large premium increases as payers tried to balance the cost of new enrollees, a recent Urban Institute study found.