There is a fundamental disconnect between companies and consumers: Healthcare brands often fail to address patients’ emotional journeys.

Anthem Inc. is committed to supporting policy changes that help reduce, prevent and deter opioid use disorder, as well as those that help consumers better access treatment. As part of that commitment, its affiliated health plans just reached the company’s collective goal of reducing prescribed opioids filled at pharmacies by 30 percent during the past five years.

Most employees with access to workplace wellness programs say they have made a positive impact on their health, even though a majority are unwilling to devote more than one hour per day to health-related activities such as consistent exercise, according to a new survey.

Aetna and Humana would consider all available options for their proposed $34 billion merger, the two U.S. health insurers said one day after a court ruled against the deal due to fears it would lower competition.

Management from 2016 Manny Award winners and finalists weigh in on various industry topics presented to them by Med Ad News.

Anthem (ANTM) will join with an alliance of Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in a partnership with State Farm to sell Blues branded individual medical policies under the Affordable Care […]

By Anna Wilde Mathews The Wall Street Journal Biography @annawmathews [email protected] July 29, 2015 6:55 p.m. ET   The leaders of the top five health insurers periodically get together to […]

Anthem and Cigna, which announced a $54 billion merger on Friday morning, probably won’t be able to consummate their deal for at least a year. Regulators are beginning to closely scrutinize the two […]

The Food and Drug Administration has approved Praluent, a new medicine to lower cholesterol in people who have established heart disease, for people whose risk of a heart attack or […]