Highmark and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center reached an agreement , ending their months-long impasse over health coverage for people in Western Pennsylvania through December 2014.

The majority of people who lost employer-sponsored health insurance last year either lost or changed jobs, or began working part-time, a new study finds.

The number of people covered by Medicaid managed-care programs increased 8% in 2010, according to new research from a Kennebunk, Maine, firm.

Several heath plans have experienced significant growth in several segments, according to a preliminary report on 750 U.S. health plans’ annual financial statements for 2011.

The open enrollment season for Medicare Advantage and Medicare prescription drug benefits begins Oct. 15 and ends Dec. 7 this year, a timespan several weeks earlier than in prior years.

The number of consumer driven health plans (CDHPs) continues to grow, leading to a decline in the percentage of savings from these plans, a new study says.

One-fifth of small business owners who offer health insurance to their workers expect to significantly change their benefits package the next time they renew their health plan as a result of federal health reform, according to a new survey.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued rules defining what constitutes too big a rate increase for health insurers.

The “most cost-effective way” for employers to rein in soaring health care costs is to self-insure, according to a research organization focused on using business technology and management principles to control health care costs.

Aetna entered an agreement to acquire its first independent third-party administrator (TPA) of self-funded health care plans for about $600 million.