Pittsburgh-based Highmark has individually partnered with Conemaugh Health System in Johnstown, Pa., and Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, Pa., to collaboratively develop health plans designed to lower patients' out-of-pocket costs, reports Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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Baptist Health Plan officials said the insurer was forced to exit Kentucky's insurance exchange because it attracted too many health customers, reports Insider Louisville.
The following insurers made headlines this week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.
NorthBay Healthcare and Blue Shield of California are poised to terminate their in-network agreement Dec. 1, reports The North Bay Business Journal.
Louisville, Ky.-based payer Humana severed ties with Greenville (S.C.) Health System for its Medicare Advantage health maintenance organization plan, The Greenville News reports.
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Health insurer Aetna could cut its workforce, offer an early retirement option and change its work from home policy, Hartford Courant reports.
For Medicare's 2017 open enrollment, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield is launching a $0 premium Medicare Advantage health maintenance organization plan in six Connecticut counties. It will also add a post-discharge meal benefit to its existing dual-eligible special needs…
The Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance approved a 15.9 percent increase on individual Affordable Care Act health plans for 2017, although some areas may see increases as high as 30.4 percent on average.
Fourteen health plans will be offered through New York's individual marketplace next year.
Pittsburgh-based Gateway Health Plan will end two Medicare plans for chronically ill seniors next year, affecting about 5,000 members, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports.