Highmark skinnying down with cuts
Health insurer Highmark Inc. has been skinnying down, shedding 260 employees during the past month as the company adapts to a dynamic market. “What’s driving it is the changing business …
National expert tells Pittsburgh providers to expect a cost crisis in cancer care
Employers and health care providers must overhaul how they prevent and fight cancer to head off an expensive crisis in treating the disease, a top national health adviser said Friday. …
Highmark Independence merger failed in ‘09
Highmark Blue Cross tried to merge with Independence Blue Cross of Philadelphia in 2009, but concerns raised by the Pennsylvania Insurance Department caused the companies to withdraw the plan. According …
Individual market grows for Highmark
Individual health insurance plan sales continued to rise for Highmark for the period ending Feb. 12, the insurer reported. Highmark’s total individual enrollment for Pennsylvania was 92,075; West Virginia, 11,937; …
Highmark makes job cuts
Highmark on Tuesday announced the furlough of 120 employees who are involved in information technology at the downtown Pittsburgh-based health insurer. Of the total positions, 58 of those jobs are …
Highmark and UPMC dispute targeted by bills
Two state senators are planning to introduce legislation that would require health systems to contract with any willing insurer, effectively ending the Highmark Inc.-UPMC contract dispute while shaping future relations …
Highmark and UPMC drop lawsuits
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and Pittsburgh-based health insurer Highmark Inc. have dropped their antitrust lawsuits against each other, putting an end to the four-year-old litigation. In mid-December, a …
Ad battle rages between health care giants UPMC, Highmark
It’s business as usual in the public battle between UPMC and Highmark two weeks after state officials told the health giants to tone down their advertising and issue a joint …