Anthem Inc. intends to change its name to Elevance Health Inc., as the company looks to shift its focus beyond the health insurance business.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of health insurers seeking $12 billion from the federal government under a program set up by the Obamacare law aimed at encouraging them to offer medical coverage to previously uninsured Americans.

Civica Rx and 18 independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) companies formed a new subsidiary dedicated to lowering the cost of select generic drugs.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts’ Alternative Quality Contract slowed the rate of medical spending growth by up to 12 percent while improving patient care over the course of eight years, according to a Harvard Medical School study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

As concerns over the price of prescription medicine continue to make headlines as the country barrels toward another election, a new study from the Scripps Research bolsters an argument touted by the pharmaceutical industry over the rebate system.

  Participating in the Blue Cross Blue Shield Alliance for Health Research, the study comes from Yale’s School of Public Health and School of Medicine   NEW HAVEN, Conn., March […]