In response to an open records request, Connecticut officials stated any unreleased documents regarding a proposed Anthem-Cigna merger will remain confidential, the International Business Times reported.
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America's Health Insurance Plans, the top health insurance lobby, will revamp its membership fees for the first time since 2003, The Hill reported.
Soaring pharmaceutical costs and less healthy policy holders have caused many insurers to request significant premium rate increases for health plans sold on the Affordable Care Act exchanges in 2017, reports Politico.
Ellenville (N.Y.) RegionalHospital, an affiliate of HealthAlliance of the HudsonValley in Kingston, N.Y., has confirmed the hospital is an in-network facility for Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield policy holders, reports Daily Freeman. HealthAlliance and Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield were unable…
On February 20, a pregnant woman in Portugal was declared brain dead after she suffered a brain hemorrhage. On Tuesday, 15 weeks after the woman was declared brain dead, physicians at Lisbon Central hospital delivered her baby by caesarean section,…
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In January, Neal Patterson, chairman, co-founder and CEO of Cerner, announced he was diagnosed with a soft tissue cancer. Even as he goes through treatment, Mr. Patterson is still very much active and involved in the company's operations, Zane Burke,…
Medical Mutual of Ohio and Cleveland-based The MetroHealth System will roll out a new health plan which both parties say will offer premiums with rates 15 percent lower than market competitors, reports Crain's Cleveland Business.
Medical transportation is a necessary but alarmingly unmanaged, expensive component of the healthcare sector. The medical transportation provider market is fragmented and dangerously uncoordinated across the continuum of care.
Three Connecticut organizations — the Connecticut Citizen Action Group, the Connecticut State Medical Society and the Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut — are asking the state government to replace Insurance Commissioner Katherine Wade due to errors and oversights in…
Cambridge, Mass.-based Metamark Genetics announced a new agreement with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia Tuesday.