Healthcare Finance Staff

Insurers in New York are agreeing to reform their policies for behavioral healthcare treatment and rehabilitation coverage, after an "unprecedented enforcement effort of mental health parity laws."

It's turning out to be a problematic year for health insurance IT management. Another Blue Cross insurer company has been hacked, and this time it seems that subscriber medical information was exposed.

Facing scrutiny over executive compensation, reserves and premiums, California's third largest insurer is under pressure to justify its state tax exemption, and state finance authorities wants to start collecting.

In a new customer experience survey, health insurers are just above the bottom, perhaps in part because the nature of the service and the industry's legacy. But some still came ahead with positive reviews.

A total of 16.4 million non-elderly adults have gained health insurance coverage since the Affordable Care Act became law five years ago this month, a "historic" reduction in the number of uninsured.

The nation's largest insurer may be setting a precedent with restrictions on a risky, though recently popular approach to the most common gynecological surgical procedure.

Following the nation's changing demographics at the local level in some major markets, Humana is making a small investment in more convenient service for Hispanic and Latino members.

Some state health insurance markets are in for another exodus of pre-health reform plans, as regulators pursue stability on and off the public exchanges.

Despite a proliferation of digital health companies, payers, providers and patients have many unmet needs. The Pacific Northwest's oldest insurer is trying to help find new ideas, outside the industry.

With two-thirds of Massachusetts healthcare still paid via fee-for-service, the state's largest insurer wants to ply its HMO-grown variety of accountable care in PPOs. It's sure to challenge providers.