Kansas' Medicaid application backlog is four times greater than state officials thought, according to The Kansas City Star. Although previous reports said the state reduced its list of low-income residents waiting to be approved for Medicaid coverage to 3,480, the…
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The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration has selected CareSource to administer healthcare services for those enrolled in the Healthy Indiana Plan and Hoosier Healthwise programs, effective January 2017, reports Dayton Business Journal.
Value-based reimbursement models are taking root at hospitals, health systems and health insurance companies across the nation.
CMS has made available $22 million in funding to help state insurance regulators enact consumer protection controls enforced under the Affordable Care Act.
If Florida insurance regulators give Harken Health Insurance the green light to enter the state, individuals purchasing health coverage could have a co-pay free option in 2017, InsuranceNewsNet reported.
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California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones pushed the U.S. Department of Justice to axe a proposed $54 billion merger between Indianapolis-based Anthem and Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna on grounds the acquisition would leave consumers with high premiums and diluted access to care,…
The following insurers made headlines this week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.
Aetna Better Health of Nebraska is fighting the state in court after officials denied Aetna's bid to share in a $1 billion contract covering some 230,000 long-term Medicaid recipients, the Lincoln Journal Star reported.
Effective January 2017, employees who work for the city of Portland, Maine, can receive coverage for transgender health services under the city's insurance, the Portland Press Herald reported.
The Connecticut Office of State Ethics will vote on Thursday whether to investigate if state Insurance Commissioner Katharine Wade infringed conflict-of-interest laws while reviewing a merger between Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna and Anthem, the International Business Times reported.