Author: Jakob Emerson

These are seven recently inked network contracts between hospitals and health systems and payers reported by Becker's since Oct. 7:

Cigna said Oct. 28 it will offer individual ACA plans on the Indiana healthcare exchange for the first time in 2023.

UnitedHealthcare is expanding its individual and family plans on the ACA marketplaces to a total of 22 states for 2023.

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has terminated one of her top officials after he publicly accepted a job at Elevance Health just days after the city awarded a Medicaid contract to an Elevance subsidiary, The Washington Post reported Oct. 26.

With average Medicare Advantage star ratings seeing a decline nationwide, payers like Centene are facing lower revenues in 2024 after missing out on federal bonuses tied to the quality ratings. 

CMS is cracking down on deceptive marketing practices and will no longer allow Medicare Advantage or Part D prescription drug plans to advertise on television without agency approval first.

UnitedHealthcare will continue to offer free Apple Fitness+ subscriptions to members with employer-funded health plans.

Aetna Better Health of Virginia and managed care startup Waymark have partnered to provide community-based care services to Medicaid members.

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield and Johns Hopkins Medicine have signed a multiyear contract following a dispute over reimbursement rates that would have left hundreds of thousands of people out of network.

UnitedHealth Group has sold $9 billion of bonds that will help to refinance short-term debt the company took on to partially fund its purchase of Change Healthcare for $7.8 billion, Bloomberg reported Oct. 25.