More than 800 people working at Humana will lose their jobs, as the health insurer said Oct. 28 it will cut its payroll by 2 percent by the end of this year, according to the Courier Journal.

Blue Shield of California is participating in a pilot program in the Sacramento, Calif., area that aims to provide an improved claims payment process for physicians and members.

Today, more than 22 million Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans, according to a policy brief published by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, a health plan serving more than 3 million members, debuted a program Oct. 16 that aims to reduce disruption when consumers and employers switch health plans.

New CMS data shows two-thirds of Americans looking for health insurance coverage on the federal exchanges can buy plans with monthly premiums of $10 or less, according to Get America Covered, a pro-ACA organization founded by officials who worked in outreach and enrollment for HealthCare.gov.

Cory Scott is no longer the CEO of a joint venture between Arlington-based Texas Health Resources and Aetna, a spokesperson from the venture confirmed with Becker's. 

More than 100 health insurers represented in a class-action lawsuit against the federal government should get $1.6 billion in ACA payments, a judge said.

CMS' Innovation Center will delay the start of a new payment model called Primary Care First by a year, according to timeline updates on the model's information page.

Anthem recorded higher revenues and profits during the third quarter of fiscal year 2019, according to recent earnings statements.

UnitedHealth Group dropped an appeal asking the Supreme Court to uphold a controversial billing tactic, according to Bloomberg Law.

Centene Corp. recorded increased revenues and profits in the third quarter of fiscal year 2019, according to an earnings report.

New Bedford, Mass.-based Southcoast Health System and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts agreed to a new four-year contract.

Introducing a public health insurance option into markets could lower premiums among commercial payers, according to a study published by the left-leaning Urban Institute, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Between December 2017 and June 2019, more than a million children were no longer enrolled in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program, according to census data analyzed by The New York Times.

Mobile-based University of South Alabama hospitals will no longer be in UnitedHealthcare's Mississippi Medicaid managed care and children's provider networks, according to the Clarion Ledger.

CMS said Oct. 22 that the average premium for silver plans on the ACA health insurance exchange fell for the second year in a row.

Insurance departments in five states approved Centene's proposed $17.3 billion acquisition of WellCare Health Plans, bringing the total number of state approvals to 24.

Humana filed a lawsuit Oct. 18 accusing 37 pharmaceutical companies of partaking in a conspiracy to increase generic drug prices, according to Louisville Business First.

UnitedHealth Group will lose two contracts with large employers to provide their workers retirement healthcare benefits, according to Bloomberg.

More insurers are covering genetic tests for psychiatric medications despite federal warnings and questions surrounding the validity of the tests, according to NPR.