Humana Inc. is in advanced talks with two private-equity firms to acquire Kindred Healthcare Inc. in a deal that would value the medical operator at $4 billion including debt, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The new, combined version of H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act bill, could cost life insurers about $22 billion over the period from 2018 through 2027.
The settlement agreement, details of which werent available in the filings but described as conditional, could pave the way for eventual payment of the cost-sharing reduction payments.
Centene Corp. will be allowed to resume selling health insurance plans in Washington state, three days after regulators ordered a halt, saying the company failed to cover enough doctors and other care providers.
As 2017 comes to a close, here are five key trends for employers, brokers and advisors to watch in the year ahead, based on the findings from Metlife's 15th Annual Employee Benefit Trends Study (EBTS) and other industry indicators.
When President Trump declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency, it came with a regulatory change intended to make it easier for people to get care: doctors could now prescribe addiction medicine virtually.