Coventry Health Care's first-quarter earnings dropped 21 percent compared with a year ago when it booked a one-time gain tied to the health insurer's Medicare Advantage program.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich has signed a bill requiring training and certification for a new group of professionals who will guide consumers through new insurance markets.

The Senate has passed a bill that would accept more than $50 billion federal dollars and offer health coverage to more than 1 million Floridians under the federal health law.

Gov. Pat McCrory will soon have a bill prohibiting a health care insurance negotiating tactic that rivals of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina argue it uses to discourage competition and inflate health care costs.

Americans' confidence in the economy jumped in April, helped by a better outlook for the job market and expectations for higher pay.

Michigan's largest health insurer and a dozen hospitals have announced a deal to move to a new way of reimbursing health providers for services.

Baltimore city employees will contribute to their pension plans under a reform bill proposed by the mayor.

Health insurance giant Highmark Inc. received conditional approval Monday from Pennsylvania regulators to take over the financially troubled West Penn Allegheny Health System as part of its plan to compete with UPMC, western Pennsylvania's dominant network, for patients and their health care dollars.