Anthem buys Florida insurer in first acquisition since Cigna deal failed
The deal for HealthSun gives Anthem another 40,000 members and helps build its base in south Florida.
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Anthem expands Obamacare options in Virginia to fill holes
Anthem Inc. reversed course and said it will offer Obamacare plans in Virginia, after a pullback by another insurer threatened to leave the state with large gaps in coverage.
Anthem weighs retreating from even more Obamacare markets
The Indianapolis-based health insurer is in talks with officials in some states ahead of deadlines later this month to decide whether to sell coverage in 2018, CEO Joseph Swedish said Tuesday.
Anthem to sell insurance in fewer Kentucky counties
Indianapolis-based Anthem had been the only insurance carrier to sell plans in all 120 counties on Kentucky's health exchange.
Anthem leaving Nevada health exchange in ‘significant blow’
Nevada officials on Monday decried the Indianapolis-based insurer’s decision to pull its plans from three of the state’s more populous counties only weeks after it said it would not offer plans in the state’s other 14 counties.
Anthem takes harder line on ER visits
Starting Oct. 1, Anthem said, it could deny claims for hundreds of non-emergency diagnosis codes, such as bruises, rashes, minor burns, swimmer’s ear and athlete’s foot.
Jury rules against ex-WellPoint exec in lawsuit over firing
A Marion County jury deliberated less than an hour before issuing verdicts in a long-running lawsuit by Dr. Randall C. Axelrod, who was removed as vice president of health care management for WellPoint’s Virginia-based east region in July 2006.
Anthem may hasten Obamacare retreat without funding assurances
Concerned by the uncertain future of U.S. health care policy, Anthem Inc. warned it may hasten its retreat from Obamacare’s insurance marketplaces.
Anthem tops forecasts with quarterly earnings, raises outlook
Indianapolis-based Anthem Inc. saw profit grow nearly 10 percent, helped by government business and coverage the health insurer sells to smaller employers.
Anthem’s exit creates Obamacare ‘crisis’ for rural Nevadans
The Indianapolis-based health insurer, a one-time Obamacare stalwart, has accelerated its retreat in recent weeks.
Anthem agrees to $115 million settlement over data breach
Anthem Inc. has agreed to pay $115 million to resolve consumer claims over a 2015 cyber-attack that compromised data on 78.8 million people, marking what attorneys in the case called the largest data-breach settlement in history.
UPDATE: Anthem, MDwise pulling out of Indiana health insurance exchanges
Two Indianapolis-based health insurers are pulling out of Indiana’s insurance exchanges next year, citing growing uncertainty over the future of the Affordable Care Act. Together, they represent about 77,000 members who now must find other plans.
Anthem vows failed deal won’t derail growth plans
Just weeks after abandoning its proposed $48 billion merger with rival Cigna Corp., the Indianapolis-based health insurer is looking for its next deal. But this time, it is likely to be much smaller.
UPDATE: Anthem leaving Obamacare exchanges in Ohio
One of the nation’s biggest health insurers says it will not return to Ohio’s public insurance exchanges next year, a decision that could open more holes in the Affordable Care Act’s increasingly thin system for helping people buy coverage.
Anthem abandons battle for Cigna after court deals blow to deal
Anthem says it is giving up on the $48 billion purchase in the wake of a Thursday court ruling giving Cigna the right to walk away. The Indianapolis-based insurer says Cigna is not entitled to collect a $1.85 billion breakup fee.
Obamacare premiums rise as insurers fret over law’s shaky future
Health insurers are asking for sharp increases in the cost of their Obamacare plans next year. In the first states to make the latest rates public, premiums for Affordable Care Act plans will rise more than 20 percent on average.
Anthem asks judge to continue blocking Cigna’s merger exit
Judge Travis Laster said during a hearing Monday that it’s a “long shot” that Anthem can find a path to success after two federal courts found the $48 billion merger was crippled by antitrust problems.
Anthem asks Supreme Court to review blocked Cigna deal
Health insurer Anthem Inc. is not ready to give up its $48 billion bid for rival Cigna and now hopes to find a favorable audience in the U.S. Supreme Court.
With Anthem-Cigna deal all but dead, merger speculation is back on
Analysts say either Anthem or Cigna could make a move on Humana, which specializes in the fast-growing business of selling private health plans for the elderly.
UPDATE: Anthem loses appeal to overturn U.S. block of Cigna takeover
The decision is a likely final blow to Indianapolis-based Anthem’s bid to complete the $48 billion merger, which a lower-court judge had said should be stopped because it risked undermining competition in health-insurance markets.