Compensation Issues

Anthem's acquisition of Cigna and Aetna's takeover of Humana would impede insurance market competition across 24 states, according to newly updated market analyses released by the American Medical Association Wednesday.

While health insurer Anthem will likely remain in its Affordable Care Act exchanges this year, one analyst said it is probable the payer will exit the exchanges entirely in 2018, Bloomberg reports.

Yale Medicine in New Haven, Conn., has allegedly threatened to leave Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield's network should the companies fail to reach an agreement by Oct. 7, reports The CT Mirror.

After a two-year hiatus, NemoursAlfredI.duPontHospital for Children in Wilmington, Del., and UnitedHealthcare of Delaware reached a network agreement Monday. The contract will not affect Nemours' ongoing lawsuit against the insurer over unpaid medical bills, however, reports Delaware Online.

Health insurer Humana said it uses consumer data to categorize plan members into personality types to better target its care and products, MedCity News reports.

Albuquerque-based New Mexico Health Connections, one of six remaining co-ops created under the Affordable Care Act, is doing well, CEO Martin Hickey, MD, told Albuquerque Business First.

Maryland's Affordable Care Act exchange, Maryland Health Connection, has introduced a new mobile app aimed at helping people enroll in insurance coverage using their electronic devices, reports The Baltimore Sun.

The most popular health plans offered through Affordable Care Act exchanges on average have lower price tags than some employer-based health plans, CNBC reports.

Health insurer Aetna's CFO Shawn Guertin said the company is confident in its case against the U.S. Department of Justice, which sued to block the insurer's $37 billion acquisition of Humana in July, Louisville Business First reports.

The Miami Herald conducted a 2015 compensation survey, which analyzed the annual salaries of 13,000 payroll positions at Miami-based Jackson Health System.