Anticipating a flood of new business — and competition — in 2014 when the federal health law goes into full effect, some health insurers have begun to open brick-and-mortar retail stores in an effort to strengthen their brand and reach…

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) announced his state would expand its Medicaid program to an estimated 161,000 more people and expense the added costs to the U.S. government through 2016.

Last year, the HIPAA electronic claims standard changed from version 4010 to 5010, and the transition served as a lesson for the upcoming switch from ICD-9 to ICD-10.

Inova Health System, based in Falls Church, Va., officially acquired Amerigroup Virginia, a Medicaid managed care subsidiary of Amerigroup Corp.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is crafting a comprehensive testing program for the ICD-10 transition to avoid confusion similar to the HIPAA 5010 transaction and is seeking provider input, according to ICD-10 Watch.

No new consumer-governed Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans will be federally funded in the 26 states still applying for startup capital loans after Congress cut the remaining $1.4 billion from the budget in Tuesday's hurried deal to avert the sequestration…

After ending its contract with Highmark in September over failed payment renegotiations, Bethlehem, Pa.-based Coordinated Health agreed on a new multiyear contract that would keep its two hospitals and clinics in Highmark's network.

Reviewing trends from 2007 to 2011, the cost of health plans is expected to slow but still rise for medical and pharmacy costs at 4.8 percent per member, per year in 2013, down from 5.4 percent in previous years, according…

Health insurer Cigna announced it has finished its acquisition of Medicare Advantage plans in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas that were previously held by insurers Humana and Arcadian Health.

The Volusia/Flagler division of Florida Hospital headquartered in Daytona Beach is working with a health insurance company to offer a health plan to community members starting in January 2014, according to a Daytona Beach News-Journal report.