Payer

Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna dropped coverage for Mylan's EpiPen and EpiPen Jr. auto-injectors in favor of its generic alternative according to the payer's prescription drug list changes, which were effective Jan. 7. 

An Austin, Texas-based health plan charging members a small fee for access to primary and urgent care physicians extended its direct care network in Connecticut.

The number of North Carolina residents who enrolled in health plans through the federal exchange this year fell from the same period last year, The News & Observer reports.

Four of the nation's largest health insurers are entrenched in antitrust trials over concerns their proposed consolidations will impede competition. And with such insurer mergers, market concentration plays a key role when insurers and providers bargain over commercial healthcare prices,…

Scripps Health in San Diego and Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna will jointly offer employers in the San Diego area health maintenance organization health plans effective April 1. 

South Portland-based Anthem Health Plans of Maine faces a $225,000 fine from the state's Bureau of Insurance for repeatedly failing to respond to policyholders' complaints within 14 days as required by state law, reports Bangor Daily News.

A payment model aimed at improving quality of care for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts policyholders showed the greatest gain in extending care to members from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, according to a study published in Health Affairs.

Government officials said they will promptly address North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper's (D) proposed Medicaid expansion plan, The News & Observer reports.

A new brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation addresses the ACA's existing contraceptive coverage rule, the impact of the rule on insurance coverage and the future of coverage if the rule is eliminated either through a full ACA repeal or…

Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna named Glen Chambers vice president and head of federal affairs, according to a company statement.