Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and Yale Medicine, the clinical faculty at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn., reached a multi-year contract agreement two days before their existing contract expires, according to Yale Daily News.
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Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealthcare will offer more than 2.4 million members with employer-sponsored health plans access to an interactive online weight loss program.
A new study from PwC's Risk Assurance practice shows that healthcare providers and payers are often not aligned when it comes to navigating risk management challenges.
CHI Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, Tenn., notified affiliated providers it failed to negotiate a new contract with UnitedHealthcare, Times Free Press reports.
Health insurance startup Oscar Health will transfer its New York City operations to a new office in Tempe, Ariz., an Oscar spokesperson confirmed.
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Health insurers Aetna and Humana said the U.S. Department of Justice belated releasing sought-after documents that would help the insurers defend their proposed $37 billion transaction, Hartford Courant reports.
Pregnant women within a specific income bracket will no longer be automatically dropped from Covered California and transferred to Medi-Cal, as a computer malfunction attributed to the problem was fixed, California Healthline reports.
The Oklahoma Insurance Department is preparing for an average 76 percent increase on individual health plans offered through the Affordable Care Act marketplace.
Indianapolis-based payer Anthem is eyeing an Atlanta-based IT center, possibly hiring more than 1,000 to staff the operation, Atlanta Business Chronicle reports.
Restricted provider networks may be the link to America's cost-conscious uninsured population, a study published in Health Affairs found.