Payer Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois will give roughly 100 full-time employees at its Quincy, Ill.-based call center the option for a separation plan that includes benefits, Herald-Whig reports.
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Indianapolis-based payer Anthem said it will not cover Sarepta Therapeutics' recently approved Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug, Reuters reports.
A federal court official recommended correspondence between health insurers Anthem and Cigna be released for their case with the U.S. Department of Justice, as the documents and emails may reveal contract breaches between the companies, Bloomberg reports.
The Department of Justice filed motions to dismiss two lawsuits filed by insurers seeking payments under the Affordable Care Act's risk corridors program.
ConnectiCare has opened a retail store in Manchester, Conn., to serve and assist their policyholders, reports CT News Junkie.
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The Delaware Department of Insurance approved premium rate increases for two insurers offering on exchange individual plans for 2017.
The following insurers made headlines this week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.
Minnesota Republican legislators called for provisions to address rising health plan premiums and individual Affordable Care Act marketplace insurer exits, Star Tribune reports.
Health insurer Humana will drop its Medicare Advantage plan in California's Santa Cruz County for 2017, Santa Cruz Sentinel Business reports.
The Illinois Department of Insurance said 35 percent of individuals who lost coverage when co-op Land of Lincoln Health shuttered did not purchase new coverage through the state's exchange before their previous coverage ended Sept. 30, Chicago Tribune reports.