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Highmark defends its pricing
Highmark Inc. has been taking some heat lately over its pricing in West Virginia, where it has no competitors in the HealthCare.gov marketplace.
4 retail strategies for payer success in the consumer-driven marketplace
Many insurers have recognized the need to implement retail strategies in order to better serve their customers in a consumer-driven market. FierceHealthPayer spoke with three top execs at Capital BlueCross, Humana and Highmark, who shared their tips for best retail consumer practices.
Workforce diversity can lead to happier plan members
By maintaining a diverse workforce, insurers can help guarantee their members have good experiences and high satisfaction with interactions, reported Business Insurance.
How 5 payers are changing the insurance landscape
Like much of the healthcare market, health insurance is going through a period of rapid, unpredictable, change, and employers that want to thrive and compete must keep pace with these changes, FierceHealthPayer reports.
Highmark leaks info for 3.7K Medicare Advantage members
Pennsylvania's largest health insurer, Highmark, recently notified nearly 3,700 Medicare Advantage members that some of their personal and medical information had been leaked without authorization, reports the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
Highmark appoints third CEO in 2 years
Pittsburgh-based Highmark has appointed its third CEO in two years after ousting William Winkenwerder last week.
Insurers embrace bigger, better data
For health insurers, data is getting bigger and smarter, Healthcare IT News reported. Better data and advanced algorithms has allowed WellPoint to both retrospectively analyze claims and proactively look for gaps in coding as well as gaps in care, for example.
Despite challenges, docs cling to independence
Despite the pressure of rising overhead expenses and administrative burdens, one of the largest independent practices in Pittsburgh intends to hold off from selling its practice to a local hospital--at least for now.
Insurers could see millions more new members
Insurers could soon add millions of new members in upcoming months since there are still tens of thousands of consumers who haven't completed their health insurance exchange enrollment. What's more, there are millions of consumers who have foregone the exchanges to sign up directly with insurers that haven't been included in enrollment figures.
Highmark to cover same-sex couples
Highmark said it would start providing coverage to same-sex couples in Pennsylvania within the next few months, reported the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.