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CVS Pharmacy is not included in the new network of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama and its pharmacy benefit manager Prime Therapeutics, WSFA reports.

Chicago-based Blue Cross Blue Shield Association contracted with Exact Sciences Corp. in Madison, Wis., to cover Cologuard — a cancer screening — as an in-network service for its policyholders.

The number of Americans who enrolled in health plans via HealthCare.gov since Nov. 1 is up about 2 percent from the same time last year, from 8.6 million to 8.8 million. 

Rochester, N.Y.-based Excellus BlueCross BlueShield partnered with Geneia, a healthcare delivery solutions developer, to provide value-based analytics to the health plan.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts in Boston will raise premiums for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries by up to one-third this year. The insurer said the jump in rates is a result of lower federal reimbursements and higher medical and prescription…

Boca Raton (Fla.) Regional Hospital and Louisville, Ky.-based Humana renewed their contract, allowing Humana policyholders to access the hospital's services at discounted rates, WPTV reports.

Buffalo-based BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York launched a free podcast series offering listeners health insurance industry insight from thought leaders in the field.

The way care is delivered at Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health changed dramatically in the last six years under the ACA. In a recent article, The New York Times pointed to IU Health as a prominent example of how President Barack…

A decision by Marietta, Ga.-based WellStar Health System and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia to collaborate on a federal exchange health plan will allow patients to enroll in coverage through Jan. 31, West Georgia Neighbor reports.

U.S. District Judge John Bates said he will issue a ruling in a "timely manner" deciding the fate of Aetna's proposed acquisition of Humana and the Justice Department's attempt to block it over antitrust concerns, Bloomberg reports.