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.
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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.
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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.
A CD storing the names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, group numbers and some Social Security numbers of 850 Aetna consumers in Ohio was lost in the mail, the insurer announced Dec. 30.
The results of a congressional lawsuit challenging the legality of the ACA's subsidy program could have great implications for the health insurance market, reports The New York Times.