Health insurer Cigna buying Express Scripts for $52 billion
Health insurer Cigna is buying the nation’s biggest pharmacy benefit manager, the latest in a string of proposed tie-ups as health care’s bill payers attempt to get a grip on rising costs.
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Weight-loss doctors accused of leeching millions from Anthem, other insurers
Two Los Angeles doctors allegedly used fraudulent studies to persuade people to get Lap-Band surgery for weight loss and duped insurers into helping to pay the bills in what U.S. prosecutors called a $250 million scheme.
Amid Atlanta expansion, Anthem won’t say if HQ is staying here
On Feb. 21, Anthem will break ground in Atlanta for a 21-story office tower called the Anthem Technology Center. When completed in two years, it will house about 3,000 Anthem workers.
Secret discounts keep drug bills from soaring, middlemen say
Express Scripts Holding Co., one of the biggest pharmacy-benefits managers, says the drug-price deals it cuts behind closed doors are saving consumers a lot of money.
Flush with cash, Anthem to dole out $1,000 contributions to 58,000 employees, retirees
The Indianapolis-based insurer, which already has reaped more than $1 billion from recent tax reform measures, plans to help employees sock it away.
Anthem expects profit boost from tax cuts as health-industry shifts loom
Anthem Inc. reported a fourth quarter decline in operating profit Wednesday morning, but the Indianapolis-based company said it expects President Donald Trump’s corporate tax cuts to increase its 2018 earnings.
Wanted: Headquarters for prime Monument Circle spot
One of the most prominent office buildings downtown has become available for lease and is expected to generate plenty of interest from prospective tenants coveting a prized Monument Circle address.
Anthem to leave Monument Circle HQ, move top execs to Virginia Avenue
Anthem decided not to renew its lease on the former J.C. Penney department store, which was refurbished for the insurance giant in the 1990s.
Was $115M Anthem settlement deft lawyering or dud?
Class action lawyers who negotiated a $115 million settlement with the insurance giant over its 2015 data breach are seeking $38 million in attorney's fees.
Senator presses Anthem on decision to clamp down on ER reimbursements
U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill is asking the Indianapolis-based insurer to turn over a huge array of internal documents, explaining how it reached its decision to deny certain emergency room claims.
All eyes on Anthem after CVS megadeal
Pressure is building on the insurer to drop its conservative, bread-and-butter approach after one of its biggest rivals, Aetna Inc., agreed to be bought by drugstore chain CVS Health for $69 billion.
UPDATE: CVS buying Aetna for $67B, shaking up health care industry
The deal comes as the health sector is looking over the horizon at Amazon.com Inc., and how the company could transform the business of buying, distributing and selling drugs and medical products if it gets into health care.
Is it an emergency? Anthem makes patients question ER visits
Anthem said it has seen a drop in unnecessary ER visits in Kentucky since it started its review there and has rejected only around 1 percent of all claims as avoidable. The policy will expand to Indiana next year.
Analysts, investors laud Anthem’s new CEO, but reasons for turnover remain unclear
Stock analysts hailed Gail Boudreaux as an experienced, proven insurance executive, but some wondered why the company rolled out a succession move on such short notice.
Anthem confirms appointment of Boudreaux as CEO
Former UnitedHealth Group executive Gail Boudreaux, 57, is succeeding Joseph Swedish, 66, who will serve as executive chairman until mid-2018.
Boudreaux a trailblazer with vast experience in health insurance industry
Gail Boudreaux’s appointment as CEO of Anthem Inc., announced on Monday, makes her the highest-ranking female executive in the health insurance industry.
Report: Swedish to step down from Anthem
The Wall Street Journal reports that the Indianapolis-based insurance giant will name Gail Boudreaux, a former CEO of UnitedHealthcare, as its new chief executive.
Anthem shares jump after acquisition, improved forecast
Anthem Inc. exceeded Wall Street third-quarter profit expectations and pushed its 2017 forecast higher in its latest quarterly report. It also acquired an insurer with more than 135,000 Medicare members.
Anthem to build 21-story tech center in Atlanta
Construction is set to begin in January and the building should be complete in two years.
Anthem breaks with Express Scripts, to start own drug plan with CVS
Indianapolis-based insurer Anthem Inc. said it will set up its own pharmacy benefits management unit, signaling a final break with Express Scripts Holding Co. after the health insurer accused Express of overcharging it by billions of dollars.