Following Cranbury-based AmeriHealth New Jersey's exit from the Medicare Advantage market in south Jersey, Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna's market share increased to 62 percent in Burlington, Camden and Gloucester Counties this month, reports The Inquirer.
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Opposition to repeal of the ACA increased from 27 percent in November to 40 percent in January, according to an eHealth report.
Detroit-based Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is shifting 380 employees working for its Medicare Advantage consulting business to the Southfield (Mich.) Town Center, Crain's Detroit Business reports.
U.S. District Judge John Bates determined Aetna's August decision to exit most of the ACA exchanges where it sold health plans was not solely a business strategy, but was "for the purpose of improving its litigation position," according to the…
Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna and a physicians group at the University of Maryland in College Park agreed to coordinate patient care to enhance patient outcomes while reducing healthcare expenses, reports The Baltimore Sun.
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The office of New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman reached a settlement with Cigna to eliminate polices previously banning coverage for claims related to psychiatric testing following an investigation of the insurer's mental health benefits.
Lawmakers have put forth legislation in recent years for providers to extend private contracts with their Medicare patients instead of accepting the program's standard fee-schedule amount as full payment for Medicare-covered services. These proposals could have implications on how much Medicare…
Now in control of all three branches of the Federal government, the GOP has made it clear its agenda over at least the next two years will focus tightly on deregulation – Including with a priority push to effectively defund…
Whatever the future holds for ACA, the shift to value-based care is here to stay – and the role for disruption and innovation along with it.
On Friday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at immediately lessening the economic burden of the ACA as Republican lawmakers work on a repeal and replacement plan. Now, with only eight days left in the open enrollment period…