Two lawmakers from California proposed legislation Friday calling for a universal healthcare system to cover the state's 38 million residents, according to a Santa Cruz Sentinel report.
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Massachusetts-based Harvard Pilgrim Health Care will provide physicians point-of-care health analytics through Quest Diagnostics and Inovalon in an effort to close care gaps and improve health outcomes for patients.
Omaha-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska re-elected four members to its board of directors, the Omaha-World Herald reports.
Wheeling, W. Va.-based The Health Plan is outgrowing its headquarters, which is still under construction, the payer's CEO told the Herald Star.
Indianapolis-based Anthem and Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna accused each other of sabotage in recent lawsuits filed after a U.S. District Court blocked their proposed $54 billion merger Feb. 8, according to a Bloomberg report.
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Former Aetna CEO Ronald Williams said the ACA's risk pool equation is "flawed," and the next wave of healthcare reform needs to strike a balance between premiums collected from young individuals and the healthcare costs of older patients, CNBC reports.
Louisville, Ky.-based Humana received a one-year extension of its healthcare delivery managed care contract with the Defense Health Agency valued at an estimated $3.8 billion.
Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna said it will operate under the terms of its merger agreement with Indianapolis-based Anthem following a court order temporarily blocking Cigna from unilaterally terminating the transaction.
Indianapolis-based Anthem told officials with Connecticut's health insurance exchange Access Health CT it plans to offer polices on the exchange next year, according to a Hartford Courant report.
Aetna and Humana's decision to ditch their proposed $37 billion merger struck a chord with Becker's Hospital Review payer issues readers this week.