Health insurers Centene Corp. and WellCare Health Plans said they expect to close their $17 billion merger Thursday, creating one of the largest providers of government-sponsored health plans.

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to reject the expedited review means legal questions surrounding the ACA will persist through the 2020 election.

The fast-growing Medicare Advantage market shows no signs of slowing down, as UnitedHealthcare reports outsized enrollment growth during the latest annual enrollment period.

Cigna and Oscar will begin providing fully insured health benefits to small companies in select areas beginning in 2020 and will share risk equally under a reinsurance agreement.

The Trump administration and a group of Republican states on Friday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject Democratic states' request for a quick review of a court decision that struck down part of the Affordable Care Act.

Dr. Trent Haywood, former chief medical officer for the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, created Knowality to help population health startups align with the healthcare system, link up with health plans and hospitals, and speed up the adoption of their services.

Two of the largest False Claims Act fraud recoveries came from opioid manufacturers.

The U.S. Justice Department intervened in a whistleblower lawsuit alleging Community Health Network billed Medicare for services delivered by physicians who had improper financial relationships with the Indiana hospital system.

The CMS wants to use a higher percentage of detailed, patient-specific data to calculate Medicare Advantage payments in 2021.

A coalition of Democratic attorneys general defending the Affordable Care Act against a Republican state challenge asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision striking down the requirement that most Americans buy health insurance.

A federal appeals court has upheld the federal government's methodology for administering the Affordable Care Act's risk-adjustment program, hurting small insurers and co-ops while benefiting larger insurers.

Enrollment in Affordable Care Act exchange coverage for 2020 remains largely stable compared with the current year, the latest preliminary federal data show.

Baltimore-based insurer CareFirst Blue Cross and Blue Shield is entering the Medicaid managed-care market with acquisitions of two small Medicaid plans in Maryland and Washington, D.C.

Health insurers selling plans on the Affordable Care Act exchanges will be required to send enrollees a separate bill for the portion of premiums that go toward abortion coverage.

A federal appeals court's reluctance to decide the fate of the Affordable Care Act cuts a break for the Republican lawmakers who sought to topple it while sowing uncertainty into healthcare markets that only recently found their footing.