Payer

A recent study from Transamerica Center for Health Studies found employers are optimistic about offering comprehensive health plans to their employees, with the number of midsize employers providing health benefits to part-time employees jumping from 13 percent to 26 percent…

Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealthcare and Missouri-based Mercy expanded their network to include more than 675 Mercy physicians and facilities across the region, Aurora Advertiser reports.

Louisville, Ky.-based Humana will write off $591 million in risk corridor receivables outstanding as of Sept. 30 of this year because of a recent court ruling stating the federal government is not obligated to pay risk corridor payments under the…

Baltimore-based nonprofit payer Evergreen Health is not allowed to sell health plans on Maryland's federal exchange until its acquisition and conversion to a for-profit entity concludes, the Maryland Insurance Administration determined, reports The Baltimore Sun.

A U.S. Department of Justice lawyer questioned Aetna and Humana's plan to divest $117 in Medicare Advantage assets to Molina Healthcare to address the department's antitrust concerns over Aetna's proposed $37 billion acquisition of Humana, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey told Boston Business Journal she was dedicated to protecting the Commonwealth's health insurance marketplace in the face of GOP intent to repeal the ACA.

Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna partnered with the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs to expand the use of cross-sector data among healthcare providers to enhance health outcomes for individuals with complex health and social needs.

The health insurance technology industry is gearing up for a year of increased consumer awareness and use of digital shopping platforms, as well as possible restructuring of the health insurance marketplace under ACA reform.

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

Tens of millions of Americans are at risk of losing access to mental healthcare services if Republican lawmakers follow through on their vow to repeal the ACA, according to Politico.