Here are seven new contracts Becker’s has reported since Jan. 30:
- BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee reached a contract agreement with Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare for plans covering Medicaid beneficiaries. The sides are continuing to negotiate a new contract regarding the insurer’s employer-based and marketplace plans.
- Humana inked a five-year agreement with ChenMed to provide in-network services to Humana Medicare Advantage members.
- Aetna was awarded a contract to continue managing West Virginia’s Medicaid services for children in the foster care system.
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma and Duncan, Okla.-based DRH Health have reached a two-year contract to keep the health system in network.
- Cigna employer-sponsored health plans will remain in network with Phoenix Children’s Hospital while the sides finalize a new contract.
- Cigna settled a long dispute with Houston-based St. Luke’s Health. The two organizations reached a new contract agreement set to begin March 1, bringing 66,000 patients back in network.
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas and Ascension Texas reached a new contract agreement, avoiding going out of network in a dispute that could have affected 66,000 patients.
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