Affordable Care Act marketplace premiums have dropped for the third consecutive year and themes are emerging as the marketplace becomes more stable, a recent Urban Institute report found.
“In...
Humana announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the rest of the Kindred at Home program as part of its home healthcare expansion.
“We continue to invest in assets that allow...
Two disruptive payers—Oscar Health and Alignment Healthcare—filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in order to go public in 2021.
There are numerous reasons why a company would choose...
UnitedHealth Group has announced that its diversified health services company, Optum, and Change Healthcare will combine.
The deal will be worth approximately $8 billion, YahooFinance...
Centene has signed an agreement to acquire Magellan Health in order to better integrate its behavioral healthcare and physical healthcare services, the major payer announced.
“There is a...
As for-profit Medicare Advantage health plans rapidly expand across the nation and pick up a large share of the population’s enrollment, non-profit Medicare Advantage plans will have to adjust...
McLaren St. Luke’s has filed an anti-trust lawsuit against ProMedica Health System to prevent it from retracting Paramount commercial and Medicare Advantage health plan coverage.
According to...
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) has nearly concluded an eight-year-long anti-trust litigation with a $2.67 billion settlement, according to court documents which the Office of the Insurance...
The House of Representatives has passed HR 1418, the “Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act,” reintroducing questions about whether healthcare payers should be allowed to fall under an...
Chancery Court Judge Travis Laster laid to rest the merger dispute between Cigna and Anthem on the last day in August 2020, a little over five years after the two payers originally announced the...
Although not as active as prior years due to the coronavirus pandemic, the landscape of payer dealmaking continues to show signs of life through innovative consolidations and partnerships.
Payers...
Sentara Healthcare, an integrated, non-profit health system, has announced a value-based care merger with the nonprofit integrated healthcare network Cone Health.
“Sentara Healthcare and Cone...
Molina Healthcare (Molina) will acquire the Passport Health Plan (Passport) Medicaid and dual special needs plan, Molina announced.
The healthcare companies have agreed to a price of around $20...
Highmark Inc. is expanding its business into New York under a proposed affiliation agreement with HealthNow New York Inc.
“Under the terms of the affiliation agreement, Highmark’s parent...
Molina Healthcare, Inc. announced that it will acquire Magellan Complete Care from Magellan Health, Inc. on April 30, 2020.
“We believe it will allow us to scale our enterprise-wide platforms...
Best’s Special Report, which HealthPayerIntelligence obtained by email, has discovered that healthcare payer technological innovations and partnerships often thrive under change and urgency,...
Payers are pairing the news of finalized 2019 mergers and acquisitions with new partnership announcements, like Cigna which announced three new partnerships in its recent fourth quarter 2019 earnings...
Centene and WellCare announced they have finalized a major health payer merger deal that will combine the two organizations into the largest health insurer by membership with more than 24 million...
Humana announced that it is pursuing a vertical consolidation deal with Enclara Healthcare, one of the largest hospice pharmacy and benefit management providers (PBMs) in the country.
Humana will...
