Cigna’s Evernorth and Kaiser Permanente have inked a multi-year network agreement that aims to drive greater convenience and affordability. The five-year collaboration will first center on enhancing access and convenience for Kaiser Permanente members by offering access to Cigna’s PPO network for emergency and urgent care outside of the health system’s service areas. Specialty pharmacy is ...

Higher salary employees are more likely to seek regular preventive care, while low-income workers have higher emergency services utilization.

The healthcare industry likely has until this fall to face the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) as a key deadline came and went with no notice Monday. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) promised to give states a 60-day notice when the PHE will end, giving a vital heads-up for ...

Health insurance trade group AHIP is calling for the White House and Congress to increase scrutiny of private equity control of providers, which the group worries could impact quality and costs. The group earlier this week released letters sent to the White House and congressional leaders outlining parts of a new policy road map and priorities (PDF). ...

Health insurers are now submitting to state regulators proposed 2023 premiums for plans offered on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces. Changes in these unsubsidized premiums attract a lot of attention, but what really matters most to the people buying coverage is how much they pay out of their own pockets. And the amount ACA ...

The health insurance industry wants politicians to demand more transparency from private capital healthcare deals and increase oversight from health system consolidation, trade group AHIP wrote in letters to President Joe Biden and congressional leaders on Monday. AHIP describes policies that it believes will improve competition in the healthcare system and reduce costs. “In too ...