Payer

Tampa, Fla.-based payer WellCare will pilot a home telemonitoring initiative for chronically ill Medicare Advantage members in three states. 

A low level of trust between payers and providers in healthcare is hindering the shift from fee-for-service to value-based care, according to the 10th Annual Trust Index.

Often individual health plans on ACA exchanges are spotlighted. To holistically understand the individual market, a look at individual health plans sold off the federal exchange is warranted.

Botched data entry may be to blame for why details of some Illinois health plans offered on the federal exchange this open enrollment are inaccurate, Chicago Tribune reports.

Pittsburgh-based payer Highmark will end payments for agents staffed to help individuals sign up for coverage through the ACA online marketplace, reports Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.  

Louisville, Ky.-based Humana will conditionally cover Sarepta Therapeutics' recently approved Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug.

Louisville, Ky.-based Humana announced a $0.29 cash dividend to stockholders payable on Jan. 27.

Seventeen companies including Lyft, Matter and Care.com committed to supporting the fourth ACA enrollment period by providing information to freelance professionals and entrepreneurs who both work at and use the companies' services nationwide.

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

California's state ACA marketplace will on average see lower premium increases than the federal exchanges, which are set to rise by an average of 25 percent for next year, reports California Healthline.