CMS issued the HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters final rule for 2018 Friday, establishing standards for insurers and each health insurance marketplace for the 2018 plan year.
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The CEO of Louisville, Ky.-based Humana said there are too many paths leading patients to the emergency department in a LinkedIn post published this week.
Stony Brook, N.Y.-based health IT provider Softheon expanded its Equity financial management and payment platform to assist payers in limiting illegitimate payments from third parties.
A judge denied Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealthcare an emergency injunction to keep a contract with Tupelo-based North Mississippi Health Services intact until arbiters could be chosen to resolve a contract dispute, reports Daily Journal.
Payers offering health plans through federal ACA marketplaces will collect 1.6 percent of the $5.9 billion the government owes them under the ACA's risk corridor program, according to The Washington Post.
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Government officials moved the sign up deadline to Dec. 19 for individuals looking to gain health insurance Jan. 1 by enrolling in health plans on the federal exchange, The Washington Post reports.
The following health insurers made headlines this week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.
Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota reached a contract agreement to maintain Fairview's hospitals and clinics in the insurer's provider network.
The American Diabetes Association inked a two-page letter to congressional leaders opposing the ACA's repeal without simultaneous replacement that continues coverage and benefits for individuals with or at risk for diabetes.
Humana's CEO used anecdotes about his first meeting with Aetna's head to argue for the insurers' $37 billion deal against the Justice Department's attempted block of the transaction, Hartford Courant reports.