Several Democratic senators sent a second letter to Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini, demanding answers as to why the payer left the Affordable Care Act exchanges, according to Morning Consult.
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After facing losses on the Affordable Care Act exchanges, many payers sued the federal government, arguing the ACA's risk-corridor program was flawed, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The state of Kansas has some severe problems when it comes to its Medicaid system, the Salina Journal reports.
The shift to value-base care has fueled discussion among many experts who claim providers do not have enough time or resources to succeed under a pay-for-performance system. A Deloitte 2016 survey found 50 percent of physicians have never heard of…
Payers have posed as obstacles for spine in ambulatory surgery centers, but the recent additions and proposals of ASC payable codes for spine procedures should ease up some of the difficulties surgery centers face.
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Investor Place compiled five stocks in insurance companies that were "on the rise" this week.
The Anthem-Cigna merger is making headlines again after Cigna's counsel told the court the insurers' in-house lawyers exchanged letters "accusing each other of breaching the merger agreement," The New York Times reports.
For the last five years, the state of Oregon has had its uninsured population decrease, and its 2016 number is far under the national average, ABC 12 reports.
Despite many payers suffering huge losses on the Affordable Care Act exchanges, California-based Molina Healthcare has fared well financially, according to The Hill.
Successful organizations will reconsider their revenue cycle management methods in a value-based world of healthcare, according to in2itive.