The following insurers made headlines this week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.
Compensation Issues
CMS announced premium rates for 2017, estimating the average Medicare Advantage premium will decrease $1.19.
Mike Leavitt, former HHS secretary, met with Arkansas' health insurance marketplace board Wednesday to talk about the state's marketplace's future, KATV reports.
Outgoing Mountain View, Calif.-based El Camino Hospital CEO Tomi Ryba received an incentive pay bonus of $223,673 just weeks after the board unanimously voted not to renew her contract, according to a Mountain View Voice report.
Nonprofit healthcare organization Partnership HealthPlan of California, which contracts Medi-Cal benefits with the state and local providers, will expand its facilities to accompany growing services, the Daily Republic reports.
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Republican legislators are emphasizing health insurer exits from Affordable Care Act exchanges and premium hikes in their local campaigns, The Washington Post reports.
Molina Healthcare is entering health insurance markets where other insurers are leaving, and turning a profit, according to The Hill.
Health insurers Humana and UnitedHealthcare were placed on two Dow Jones indices measuring financial performance of leading sustainability companies.
Board directors of Idaho's Affordable Care Act exchange approved five health insurers to sell 225 plans on the state’s exchange next year, the Standard Journal reports.
The Colorado Division of Insurance approved an average 20.4 percent premium increase for individual health plans statewide next year.