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UnitedHealthcare expands pilot of bundled payments for chemo
The insurer is also working on a deal to purchase workers' comp and pharmacy benefits company Helios.
By Heather Caspi • Oct. 30, 2015 -
Aetna to rejoin Colorado small-group market
However, the insurer will no longer offer subsidized health insurance benefits in Utah, Kansas, and D.C.
By Heather Caspi • Oct. 30, 2015 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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TrendlinePayer/provider relationships
As M&A intensifies and companies embrace more holistic and value-based care models, partnerships have become more closely intertwined.
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HHS: Switch health plans, save money
Despite average increases in premiums, those who shop around are likely to be able to save.
By Heather Caspi • Oct. 30, 2015 -
House passes budget deal, Medicare changes included
The bill now heads to the Senate.
By Jeff Byers • Oct. 29, 2015 -
Anthem Blue Cross reimburses California customers $8.3M
One expert stated "this settlement...holds the insurance company accountable to the terms they promised."
By Nina Flanagan • Oct. 29, 2015 -
Blue Shield of California removing two hospitals from network
Insurer states rates would have been higher if the insurer kept the dropped hospitals.
By Nina Flanagan • Oct. 29, 2015 -
CMS: ACA plan prices to increase by average of 7.5%
Customers are being encouraged to shop around to limit the impact of price increases.
By Heather Caspi • Oct. 28, 2015 -
Single-payer plan could land on Colorado ballot, replace ACA
Supporters of the plan aim to replace Obamacare in Colorado.
By Heather Caspi • Oct. 28, 2015 -
High costs, narrow networks drive insured patients to ED
An ACEP survey suggests high deductibles and narrow networks are damaging the healthcare system.
By Heather Caspi • Oct. 28, 2015 -
Utah health co-op goes down
The closing will make Utah the 10th co-op to shut their doors.
By Jeff Byers • Oct. 28, 2015 -
Deep Dive
As other co-ops fail, one shares its success story
Those left standing by Nov. 1 should be in it for the long haul, Maryland health co-op CEO says.
By Heather Caspi • Oct. 28, 2015 -
Narrow network plans too limited on specialists, study finds
Some plans are failing to include even a single provider for some specialties.
By Heather Caspi • Oct. 28, 2015 -
Fed budget deal agreement looms large with major healthcare provisions
The agreement includes two big healthcare provisions.
By Jeff Byers • Oct. 27, 2015 -
California targets uninsured who quality for health insurance subsidies
California's health exchange will spend $29 million on an ad campaign for the upcoming three-month enrollment season.
By Nina Flanagan • Oct. 27, 2015 -
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association announces patient-focused care network
The national network includes nearly 118,000 medical professionals.
By Jeff Byers • Oct. 27, 2015 -
Deep Dive
What's happening with trust in consumer healthcare
Consumers rank trust as the main factor in big healthcare decisions.
By Nina Flanagan • Oct. 26, 2015 -
South Carolina co-op folds, becomes 9th to fail
Consumers' Choice Health Insurance Co. is the latest in a string of co-op collapses.
By Heather Caspi • Oct. 26, 2015 -
GAO sting finds ACA health insurance marketplaces remain vulnerable
While the GAO findings are troubling, critics suggest they do not indicate likely scenarios.
By Heather Caspi • Oct. 26, 2015 -
Blue Shield of California still in hot seat over executive pay
The company is not revealing what it did with an extra $24M in executive pay in 2012.
By Heather Caspi • Oct. 26, 2015 -
Humana stock drops 11% as Clinton pans proposed mega-mergers
In addition, other insurer groups' stock fell after Hillary Clinton called herself "skeptical" of such deals.
By Heather Caspi • Oct. 23, 2015 -
Eligibility audit saves CalPERS $122 million
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System found it lucrative to take a second look at dependents.
By Heather Caspi • Oct. 23, 2015 -
New low-cost health plan targets young New Yorkers
With premiums of $0 or $20, the plan hopes to appeal to millennials who aren't working full time yet.
By Heather Caspi • Oct. 23, 2015 -
Collective Health raises $81M with Google Ventures joining investors
This latest round of financing increases the company's total efforts to $119 million.
By Nina Flanagan • Oct. 22, 2015 -
Dartmouth-Hitchcock abandons Pioneer ACO program after losing $3M
Hospital management says the model was "unsustainable from a financial point of view."
By Nina Flanagan • Oct. 22, 2015 -
Healthcare.gov officials race to fix new features before Nov. 1
The federal healthcare marketplace could be in for another bumpy ride.
By Heather Caspi • Oct. 21, 2015
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