Payer

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

Federal officials predict monthly enrollment in the Affordable Care Act marketplace will increase in 2017, even with rising premiums and major insurers exiting the marketplace, reports The New York Times.

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield launched a pilot program that integrates mental and physical care in the treatment of Crohn's disease, NJ Spotlight reports.

Errors in big data may lead some payers like UnitedHealthcare and Kaiser Permanente to solicit deceased individuals for Medicare plans, Los Angeles Times reports.

Equity researches at JPMorgan Chase downgraded payer Anthem's stock from an "overweight" rating to a "neutral" rating Monday, according to Community Financial News.  

The State of Missouri selected St. Louis-based managed care organization Centene's Home State Health and Tampa, Fla.-based WellCare's Missouri Care to service its Medicaid program.

Bloomfield, Conn.-based payer Cigna will sell individual health plans on and off the Affordable Care Act marketplace in the Chicago area for coverage beginning Jan. 1.

Approved double-digit rate hikes for individual Affordable Care Act marketplace plans continue to mar headlines as open enrollment for 2017 approaches.

The Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance anticipates 37,160 individuals insured through Affordable Care Act marketplace plans will lose coverage for 2017.

The Affordable Care Act guarantees healthcare rights for people living with HIV and other chronic conditions. But some insurers in the ACA marketplaces prevent these patients from receiving necessary care through discriminatory practices, such as refusing to cover key medications…