Health insurers Centene Corp. and WellCare Health Plans disclosed that federal antitrust regulators have asked for more information on their plans to merge.

A coalition of 23 states and cities sued HHS to stop its final rule expanding protections for healthcare providers that refuse to perform certain medical tests and procedures because of religious or moral beliefs.

Physician groups derived a larger share of revenue from value-based payment models in 2018 than in previous years, according to a survey by the AMGA.

Private insurers paid California hospitals more than two times as much as Medicare for similar services in 2015 and 2016, according to a study published Monday by West Health Policy Center.

To enhance the effect of medication, cut the amount of opioids used in treatment and lower the chances a patient is admitted, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is experimenting with whether it can reduce patients’ sickle cell disease pain with virtual reality.

Health insurance price inflation increased more in April than it has in at least five years, according to a Modern Healthcare analysis of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' unadjusted monthly Consumer Price Index data.

RAND researchers found that private health plans across 25 states paid hospitals 2.4 times what Medicare would have paid, on average. Some hospitals’ prices were more than 400% of Medicare.

Private employer-sponsored health plans paid hospitals 241% of Medicare prices, on average, for the same services at the same hospitals in 2017, according to a RAND Health study of prices across 25 states.

LifeCare Holdings, a Plano, Texas-based operator of long-term acute-care hospitals, blamed Medicare rates for its need to seek Chapter 11 protection.

The health insurance industry often attributes lower spending among Medicare Advantage seniors compared with traditional Medicare to care-management strategies. But that may not be true.

Health insurer Cigna Corp.'s revenue and profit soared in its first full quarter since completing its takeover of pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts.

Louisville, Ky.-based insurer Humana experienced explosive growth in its individual Medicare Advantage plans during the latest annual open-enrollment period.

CVS Health saw its first-quarter revenue increase 34.8%, thanks in part to its acquisition of insurer Aetna.

As WellCare Health Plans prepares to combine with rival Centene Corp., the Tampa, Fla.-based insurer's first-quarter 2019 revenue and profit were helped by its 2018 acquisition of Meridian Health Plan.

Long Beach, Calif.-based insurer Molina Healthcare reported lower revenue but higher profit in the first quarter of 2019 compared with the same period a year ago as it served fewer patients.