In 2014, average premiums fell under the Affordable Care Act, based on a HealthAffairs blog, according to CNBC. Healthcare analysts, Loren Adler and Paul Ginsburg, wrote the analysis.
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A new article on the Health Affairs Blog examines payment reform and transparency in healthcare.
Anthem plans to fight the Department of Justice's lawsuit against its $25 billion Cigna acquisition, according to Reuters.
Despite several payers withdrawing from Affordable Care Act marketplaces, Cigna is expanding into new ACA markets, according to The Hill.
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If the Department of Justice successfully blocks the Aetna/Humana and Anthem/Cigna deals, the payers may likely acquire smaller payers, according to Insurance Journal.
Following news of the Justice Department filing a suit against the pending Anthem/Cigna and Aetna/Humana mergers, Aetna and Anthem both pledged to fight the suit in court, according to The Hill.
The payer marketplace endures another blow as Humana reported it will leave almost half of the Affordable Care Act's exchanges in 2017, according to The Hill.
The Justice Department's antitrust officials made a much-anticipated move by filing a suit against the pending Anthem/Cigna and Aetna/Humana mergers, according to MedPage Today.
The shift from volume to value-based healthcare models is underway. Outpatient service providers must reevaluate how to manage their revenue cycles, and do so relatively quickly.