Tag Archives: health insurance

OptumRx is Aggressively Growing its Business Through Acquisitions

OptumRx has been aggressively growing its portfolio of pharmacy care services businesses

Highmark Develops Initiatives to Control Drug Spending

Highmark members will receive hemophilia drugs exclusively from three specialty pharmacies

Thoughtfully Addressing U.S. Healthcare Trends

As costs for health insurance continue to increase, it is time to identify and address the root causes and rethink the model of delivering health insurance

Provider Owned Commercial Health Plans

Provider Owned Commercial Health Plans. Provider-sponsored plans make up 15% or more of the health insurance market, and this percentage is growing, according to many of the projections by industry observers. Until recently, commercial health insurance products have, with only a few exceptions, been offered by health insurance companies. Now, health systems are increasingly assuming financial risk […]

Health Benefits/Pricing Implosion

Health Benefits/Pricing Implosion – The announcement by the Obama administration that it would begin rating health insurance plans based on how many doctors and hospitals they include in their networks along with the announcement the ACA will now (2017) allow the individual deductible to increase to $7150 and $14,300 for family coverage will contribute to a pricing/benefit […]

The Anthem Cigna merger: 10 things to Know

The Anthem Cigna merger: 10 things to Know – Published July 24, 2015 By Tracey Walker, Managed Healthcare Executive Anthem’s acquisition of Cigna is being called the first “merger of titans” by industry watchers. The forces of consolidation are well under way and the merger was not totally unexpected—all of insurance is going through similar […]