Fifty-seven percent of the U.S.'s managed Medicaid market is held by the top 10 Medicaid insurers, an analysis from a Washington, D.C., publishing and information company Atlantic Information Services found.
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Three-fourths of plans offered on 2017 Affordable Care Act exchanges in 18 states and the District of Columbia will have limited provider choice, Chicago-based consulting firm McKinsey & Company found.
Atlanta-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia said it will soon be the only insurer participating in the state's Affordable Care Act exchange, WABE reports.
Affordable Care Act marketplace choices are diminishing. An updated Kaiser Family Foundation analysis — requested by The Wall Street Journal — found that 62 percent of 2017 marketplace enrollees will be able to choose from three or more insurers, down…
A Louisiana Health Insurance Survey released Tuesday found since 2003, about one in five adults in the state were uninsured prior to Medicaid expansion.
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Senate Democratic Caucus Chairman Jeff Yarbro and Rep. John Ray Clemmons (D-Nashville) are asking GOP majority leaders to hold a hearing regarding the state's approval of double-digit health insurance premium rate hikes, the Times Free Press reports.
The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services and Aging picked UPMC, AmeriHealth Caritas and Pennsylvania Health & Wellness (Centene) for its Community HealthChoices managed care initiative, which will service more than 420,000 individuals.
Newly released audits from CMS reveal 35 of 37 health plans audited for 2007 overcharged the federal government and were typically overpaid by several hundred thousand dollars, according to NPR.
New York City-based Empire BlueCross BlueShield will offer new health plans for small businesses in the state of New York purchasing health insurance for 2017, the Albany Business Review reported.
Aetna's negotiation tactics are being used by other payers to pressure the U.S. Department of Justice and its legal challenges of insurer mega-mergers, the Corporate Counsel reports.