Payer

The following stories about health insurers made headlines this week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.

The five largest U.S. health insurers — Aetna, Anthem, Cigna, Humana and UnitedHealth Group — saw a range of financial results throughout the first three quarters of 2016.

Three managed care insurers charged with running Iowa's Medicaid program said the project has been thwarted by a lack of funding, with one company calling its participation a "catastrophic experience," according to documents obtained by The Des Moines Register.

Arlington-based Texas Health Resources and Richardson-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas signaled a thawing of their contract dispute as the two organizations agreed on a rate increase ahead of their contract's Dec. 31 deadline, The Dallas Morning News…

Physicians, hospitals, pharmacies and health insurers are seeing more patients rush to get treatment before high deductibles associated with patients' health plans reset Jan. 1, MPR News reports.

Tupelo-based North Mississippi Medical Center filed a lawsuit against Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealthcare one week after the two organizations reached a temporary agreement over an ongoing payment dispute, Daily Journal reports.

Marietta, Ga.-based MiMedx Group's EpiFix diabetic foot ulcer treatment will now be covered by Hartford, Conn.-based payer Aetna.

Before Medicaid expansion, people with disabilities often opted out of low income work because they were unable to cover medical expenses, according to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health and featured by Reuters.

In a whitepaper, Big Bang Health highlights how the fragmented healthcare system often does not meet many employer's needs and how Big Bang Health Mission Control is working to change that.

A S&P Global Report analysis forecasts health insurers will start seeing financial losses reverse on their ACA individual marketplace plans in 2016 after "hitting bottom" in 2015, CNBC reports.