Health insurance

Payers sign on to initiative designed to shorten the time between FDA approval and coverage decisions for medical devices.

The U.S. Department of Justice is on track to approve the acquisition of pharmacy-benefit manager Express Scripts by Cigna, as well as CVS Health Corp.’s takeover of Aetna.

Gina Papush is the health insurer's first-ever global chief data and analytics officer.

Studio H in Boston will be staffed by as many as 250 employees to develop new products and services.

Other Alphabet units including life-sciences arm Verily had previously invested in the digital health insurer,

Like all other insurers, health payers can reap the rewards of digital transformation and emerging technologies.

Companies reviving the model say that new technology and better customer service will help avoid the mistakes of the past.

The Trump administration is preparing a regulation that would allow the resumption of billions of dollars in payments to health insurers in Obamacare.

Action by CMS could drive up premiums, force companies to stop offering coverage to needy consumers.

The still-unnamed business will initially seek to develop ways to improve care for the more than 1 million individuals who get health insurance from the three firms.

Selection of Atul Gawande, MD, to lead the new healthcare firm will advance innovation and change, says AHIP’s Matt Eyles.

Atul Gawande, MD, who has written extensively about the U.S. failure to grapple with healthcare spending, will lead the new initiative.

Payers frequently tell providers that they don’t support certain HIPAA transactions, contends Robert Tennant.

Choice to lead combined health company will be revealed soon, says Warren Buffett.

Non-payment of certain subsidies, less enforcement of a rule requiring insurance and limited competition caused insurers to raise their premiums by about 34%.

Miguel Edwards is responsible for digital customer experience improvement in his new position.

In a final look at the startup cohort, improving employee performance, managing chronic pain and detecting insurance fraud take center stage.

Several insurers in Maryland and Virginia are seeking double-digit percentage increases in monthly costs for individual medical plans in 2019.

In a sign of its ambition, last month, CVS hired a senior executive from a startup that specializes in primary-care clinics to oversee expanded health-care services across the company.

Retailers are eyeing health insurers as acquisition targets to improve their pharmacy business, but carriers' information assets and analytics prowess are prizes as well.