An increasing number of health insurers are supporting healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic by speeding up claims payments or offering loans to bolster their finances.

Treating the nation's uninsured for COVID-19 could cost hospitals as much as $42 billion, according to estimates from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Several behavioral health providers and patients sued UnitedHealth Group and Cigna subsidiaries for allegedly underpaying the providers for out-of-network claims, leaving patients with massive medical bills.

Dr. Marc Harrison, CEO of Intermountain Healthcare, said none of the Utah-based integrated health system's 41,000 employees has received a pay cut or been furloughed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hospitals and other healthcare providers across the country are furloughing workers, cutting pay and freezing benefits as the worsening coronavirus pandemic threatens to drain them of cash.

The country's largest dialysis providers are joining forces to protect some of the most vulnerable patients during the coronavirus pandemic.

Dr. Tunde Sotunde will become Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina's president and CEO beginning June 1. He replaces Dr. Patrick Conway, who resigned last year.

The U.S. Justice Department sued national health insurer Anthem for fraudulently collecting hundreds of millions of dollars from the Medicare program by exaggerating the illnesses of its members.

A federal judge has dismissed a proposed class action challenging UnitedHealthcare's refusal to cover a certain type of cancer treatment known as proton beam therapy.

Dialysis patients are among those most at risk for becoming severely ill during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dialysis centers face significant challenges in protecting them from infection.

CVS Health is waiving cost-sharing for certain Aetna plan members who are admitted to the hospital for COVID-19 treatment or health complications associated with the disease.

The cost of testing and treatment for COVID-19 is likely to squeeze the profits of U.S. health insurers, which could lead to higher premiums in 2021. Pressure on state budgets may also prompt Medicaid benefit cuts, experts warn.

Some publicly traded health insurer CEOs received modest pay raises in 2019 as their companies grew revenue and profits or successfully combined with other businesses.

Highmark Health, owner of one of the largest Blue Cross and Blue Shield insurers and an integrated health system, detailed how it is trying to protect employees, patients and health plan members.

The cost of a hospitalization for coronavirus for people with job-based health insurance could exceed $20,000, according to an analysis by the Peterson Center on Healthcare and Kaiser Family Foundation.