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'It's like a shakedown': Insurance commissioner addresses U of Mississippi-BCBS impasse
Mississippi's insurance commissioner said talks between Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center and Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi are continuing, only without the help of a mediator, ABC affiliate WTOK reported Oct. 26. -
CareFirst BCBS, Johns Hopkins ink contract
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. -
Delaware reverses course on Highmark Medicare Advantage plan for state retirees
Delaware will not implement Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware's Medicare Advantage plan for 2023, after a judge sided with state retirees opposed to the plan, the Delaware News Journal reported. -
Independence Blue Cross renews contract with Labcorp
Independence Blue Cross signed a multiyear contract renewal with Labcorp. -
Centene to add Express Scripts as PBM in 2024
Centene has awarded its Pharmaceutical Benefit Management contract to Cigna's Express Scripts, the PBM said Oct. 25. -
Lawmakers press CareFirst, Johns Hopkins on contracting dispute
Maryland's Congressional Delegation is urging CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield and Johns Hopkins Health System to resolve their contract dispute before the Dec. 5 deadline. -
35 state AGs sign brief supporting state regulation of PBMs
A group of 35 state attorneys general signed on to an amicus brief supporting Oklahoma's laws regulating pharmacy benefit managers, published Oct. 18. -
Mediations suspended 6 months in: Tracking the BCBS, U of Mississippi dispute
More than six months after Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi went out of network with Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center, the sides remain without a contract. Several weeks without progress led the state's insurance commissioner to suspend mediations indefinitely Oct. 11. -
4 ongoing payer-provider contract disputes
Deadlines are looming in some payer-provider contract disagreements, while other ongoing negotiations are leaving members out of network. -
10,000 patients out of network in Duke-UnitedHealthcare dispute
Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health is encouraging its patients to select another Medicaid managed care plan after its contract with UnitedHealthcare Community Plan expired Oct. 15. -
Oklahoma hospital terminates Medicare Advantage contracts amid financial challenges
Stillwater Medical Center in Oklahoma has ended all in-network contracts with Medicare Advantage plans amid financial challenges at the 117-bed hospital, the Stillwater News Press reported Oct. 14. -
Anthem BCBS expanding Wisconsin marketplace access by nearly 60 counties
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Wisconsin is expanding Wisconsin Health Care Marketplace access from nine counties to 68 counties in 2023. -
ProMedica's Paramount and McLaren St. Luke's settle lawsuit, ink contract
Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica and McLaren St. Luke's hospital reached a settlement in a contract dispute, meaning the hospital will treat ProMedica's Paramount Health Plan members in-network, McLaren said Oct. 11. -
BCBS, U of Mississippi Medical Center contract mediations 'suspended indefinitely'
Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney suspended mediations between Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi and the University of Mississippi Medical Center after six weeks without progress, NBC affiliate WLBT reported Oct. 11. -
Virginia to build its own health insurance exchange
Virginia has awarded a contract to software firm GetInsured to help the state build its own health insurance exchange, instead of using healthcare.gov. -
Aetna, Covenant Health end dispute, ink contract
Aetna and Lubbock, Texas-based Covenant Health have ended their dispute over reimbursement rates and signed an in-network contract that went into effect Oct. 1. -
10 Medicaid contract updates
Here are 10 Medicaid contract updates Becker's has reported since Aug. 10. -
Mississippi insurance commissioner pushes for new regulations amid Blue Cross, UMMC dispute
Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney is urging state lawmakers to enact more regulations to prevent another contract dispute like the one currently playing out between the state's largest insurer and hospital, the Daily Journal reported Oct. 5. -
New Mexico seeking payer contracts for 1M Medicaid recipients
New Mexico is seeking contract proposals from payers to deliver services to the state's 969,093 Medicaid members. -
Southwestern Health Resources, BCBS of Texas reach new contract
Farmers Branch, Texas-based Southwestern Health Resources and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas have reached a multiyear contract.
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