1. Humana to cut unspecified number of jobs, top positions in Kentucky, Wisconsin
Louisville, Ky.-based Humana will lay off an undisclosed number of employees in Kentucky and Wisconsin as part of the insurer’s growth strategy following its unsuccessful bid to merge with Aetna, according to a Humana spokesperson.
2. MDwise to lay off 79 employees in departure from Indiana Medicaid program
Indianapolis-based insurer MDwise will exit Indiana’s Medicaid program at the end of March, laying off 79 workers in the process.
3. CareSource sees 2017 ACA exchange enrollment increase 20%
Dayton, Ohio-based CareSource saw enrollment in its ACA exchange plans increase by roughly 20 percent year-over-year across the four states in which it sells exchange-based insurance
4. Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Humana reach network agreement
Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and Louisville, Ky.-based Humana inked an agreement to allow the insurer’s Medicare Advantage members to access the health system at in-network rates.
5. UPMC Health Plan grows individual exchange market in western Pennsylvania to 87%
Pittsburgh-based UPMC’s insurance division grew its membership from about 2.9 million to 3.1 million policyholders in the first half of fiscal year 2017, representing a year-over-year increase of nearly 7 percent.
6. Prime Healthcare Services rescinds plans to terminate Anthem contract
Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare Services will remain in-network with Anthem Blue Cross after backtracking on plans to end its contract with the Indianapolis-based insurer hours after the decision was publicized.
7. Bon Secours St. Francis Health System, UnitedHealthcare resolve contract impasse
Greenville, S.C.-based Bon Secours St. Francis Health System and Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealthcare extended their previously terminated contract through June 30 to avoid a lapse in in-network coverage for approximately 10,000 patients.
8. UnitedHealthcare of Florida awards physicians $2M in bonuses tied to quality
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Florida, a subsidiary of Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group, disbursed more than $2.1 million in bonus payments to 263 physician practices across the state for improving quality measures at their facilities.
9. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia appoints president
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, a subsidiary of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, named Jim Simpson president.
10. Cigna CFO to retire
Thomas McCarthy, CFO of Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna, will retire this summer.
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