With the deadline for payers to file their 2018 proposed rates steadily approaching, payers are scrambling to strategize their plan of attack in the uncertain healthcare marketplace, according to npr.
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Humana beat analysts' estimates for the first quarter of 2017, according to Louisville Business First.
A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., upheld a lower court ruling by a 2-1 vote blocking the potential Anthem-Cigna merger, Bloomberg reports.
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 went into effect at the beginning of this year. Medscape examined which specialists are most likely to participate in the Medscape Physician Compensation Report 2017.
If the Trump administration discontinues cost-sharing subsidies, Anthem CEO Joseph Swedish said the payer would likely leave many ACA exchanges or increase premiums by double-digits, according to the New York Times.
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American Medical Association President James L. Madara, MD, penned a letter to Congress asking officials to reject the amended American Health Care Act, the Republican's healthcare bill.
Anthem CEO Joseph Swedish reaffirmed the company's position of completing its Cigna acquisition on an earnings call April 26, TheStreet reports.
President Donald Trump's administration is telling lawmakers it plans to continue paying ACA cost-sharing subsidies, Politico reports.
A new Kalorama report examines out-of-pocket spending for medical costs in the United States, which reached $1,400 per person in 2016.
A study published in Health Affairs found a high physician turnover rate in a large Medicare Pioneer ACO, which may impact the payment model's overall effectiveness in lowering costs and improving patient care.