A former Insys Therapeutics manager testified Feb. 22 that the pharmaceutical company duped insurers into paying for its addictive fentanyl spray, according to The Boston Globe.

Maine is the state with the largest percentage of Medicare beneficiaries for its resident population, according to CMS data.

A trial over whether Anthem or Cigna owes the other billions after their botched merger attempt begins Feb. 25, according to Bloomberg Quint.

Rick Pollack, president and CEO of the American Hospital Association, cautioned against "Medicare for All" proposals in a Feb. 22 blog post, writing that such legislation "could do more harm than good to patient care."

A nonprofit organization filed a lawsuit against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan accusing the health insurer of skimming additional fees from the organizations, according to court documents.

All of UnityPoint Health's facilities and physicians in central Illinois are in network with Humana and Molina Healthcare, according to the Journal Star.

More than 71 percent of surveyed employers are integrating or considering bundling their medical, pharmacy, dental, vision and disability benefits under a single employee package, according to a new study released by Anthem.

Aetna is growing its operations in High Point, N.C., and plans to increase its workforce by 300 positions by the end of 2020, according to the News & Record.

Nonprofit hospitals are throwing their support behind a bill that would partially expand Medicaid in Georgia, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

UPMC claimed Pennsylvania's attempt to compel the health system to work with rival Highmark after a state-brokered agreement expires is an overstep of authority, according to Trib Live.

During an America's Health Insurance Plans conference last year, John Church, vice president and CIO of Wisconsin health insurance service company NeuGen, heard consumers raise several complaints about lack of personalization and health insurance literacy.

UnitedHealthcare plans to expand collection of digital data for Navigate4Me, a program that helps members enrolled in its Medicare Advantage plans manage chronic conditions.

Alan, a Paris-based health insurance startup, raised the equivalent of $45 million in a Series B funding round, according to TechCrunch.

Legislators in California introduced two bills that aim to reinstate an individual mandate requiring all residents to have health insurance, according to the Desert Sun.

While employers' human resource directors often chose health benefits for their employees with the help of an independent broker, the health insurance industry passes cash and gifts to brokers — who sway employers toward certain plans, according to a ProPublica and NPR investigation.

Aetna agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit that accused the health insurer of categorically denying depression treatment claims, according to Law360.

Medicare beneficiaries listed premiums and out-of-pocket medical expenses as their top two considerations when choosing a health plan, according to a survey from eHealth, an enrollment website.

Here are the leaders of the five insurers with the most members and revenue in 2018, listed alphabetically:

Here are six articles recently published by Becker's Hospital Review on national and state news concerning Medicaid.

CMS informed Medicare Advantage and Part D drug plans that it will begin to terminate their contracts if they consistently achieve poor Star Ratings, according to a Feb. 6 memorandum.