Similar bills filed in the Pennsylvania House and Senate would give the state more power to negotiate contracts between insurers and health care providers, including Highmark and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC).

A spat between Walgreens and U.S. Department of Defense’s Tricare pharmacy benefits program could prohibit nearly 6 million enrollees from obtaining medications from the company’s pharmacies next year.

Highmark and the West Penn Allegheny Health System (WPAHS) agreed on a definitive partnership and selected an interim chief executive officer to oversee the implementation of the agreement.

A federal judge in Philadelphia has rejected an effort by Nationwide Insurance agents to challenge the insurer’s new contract, which they say is unfair.

UnitedHealth has filed suit against the U.S. Defense Department over its awarding of the Tricare South Region contract to Humana, who it took the contract from two years ago.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) upheld a decision to award a $3.1 billion Tricare dental plan contract to a different insurer, its first change in 15 years.

An association of 54 insurance agents is suing a Columbus, Ohio-based insurance company for allegedly forcing them to submit to changes in the insurer-agent relationship that exert more control over them.

The Maryland Board of Public Works awarded a contract to Oliver Wyman Actuarial Consulting to perform rate review services, using part of the $1 million the state received from federal officials.

A deal between Highmark Blue Shield and Geisinger Health System will enable Penn State University employees to continue in the PPOBlue Network.

Brighton, N.Y., town officials selected a health insurance proposal offered by Excellus BlueCross BlueShield instead of participating in a health care consortium, a move that should save them about $2 million over three years.