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Mississippi awards 3 Medicaid contracts
Molina Healthcare, TrueCare and Magnolia Health Plan have been selected by the Mississippi Department of Medicaid to serve beneficiaries of the state's coordinated care program, MississippiCAN, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program -
MaineHealth swaps Anthem for Aetna to administer employee health plan
MaineHealth will switch from Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Maine to Aetna for its employee health plan carrier starting in 2023, according to WMTW. -
Why BCBS Mississippi is suing 3 hospital execs for defamation
One of the most turbulent payer-provider contract disputes of 2022 has recently culminated around a defamation lawsuit aimed at three health system executives and has grown to include subpoenas for communications with local news outlets. But how did it get here? -
Cigna, Ascension Health Alabama agree on new contract
Cigna and Mobile-based Ascension Health Alabama have agreed to renew their commercial contract, the Birmingham Business Journal reported Aug. 2. -
Anthem BCBS Wisconsin, Ascension extend partnership, ink value-based contract
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Wisconsin and affiliated health plans have signed a multiyear value-based contract with Ascension Wisconsin to extend an in-network partnership between the two organizations. -
8 recently inked payer-provider contracts
From the end of dispute that went all the way to a state Supreme Court to new value-based payment models, these are eight recently signed contracts Becker's has reported between payers and providers: -
Austin Aetna patients now in network at Texas Children's
Aetna patients in Austin with Aetna insurance plans are in network with Houston-based Texas Children's Hospital, effective Aug. 1. -
Anthem 'optimistic' it can close deal with Maine hospital before new year
Anthem said it is optimistic that progress is being made on contract negotiations with Portland-based Maine Medical Center and the sides will reach an agreement by the end of the year, the Portland Press Herald reported Aug. 1. -
Cleveland Clinic, Anthem BCBS agree on new contract
Cleveland Clinic and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Ohio have reached a deal on a multiyear contract. -
BCBS, U of of Mississippi Medical Center dispute: A timeline
Four months after Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi went out of network with Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center, the sides have been unable to agree on a new contract, and the dispute now involves a lawsuit alleging a defamatory public relations campaign. -
BCBS Mississippi sues UMMC execs for alleged defamation following messy contract break
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi filed a lawsuit July 28 in a state circuit court against three executives with the Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center over allegations of a defamatory public relations campaign following a turbulent contract break earlier this year. -
U of Mississippi hospital is breaking law in BCBS dispute, state insurance chief says
State insurance commissioner Mike Chaney thinks the University of Mississippi Medical Center is violating state law by turning away patients during its dispute with Blue Cross & Blue Shield, Mississippi Today reported July 27. -
Highmark BCBS, Bridges Health Partners ink 3-year, value-based contract
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and Bridges Health Partners have signed a three-year, value-based agreement for Highmark's Medicare Advantage members in western Pennsylvania. -
BCBS of Nebraska returning to ACA marketplace next year
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska next year will be offering a plan in the ACA marketplace for the first time since 2017, the Omaha World-Herald reported July 22. -
Empire BCBS pulls out of Medicare Advantage Plus plan for New York City retirees
Empire BlueCross BlueShield won't be offering Medicare Advantage Plus plans to retired New York City employees, the payer said this week. -
Adventist, Anthem extend contract as work continues on new deal
Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health and Anthem Blue Cross have agreed to extend their current contract by two weeks as they continue to hammer out a new deal. -
OU Health, BCBS Oklahoma ink value-based contract
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma and OU Health in Oklahoma City have signed a three-year in-network agreement. -
Central Maine Healthcare, Anthem reach new deal
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield commercial and Medicare Advantage plan members will remain in network at Lewiston-based Central Maine Healthcare after the sides agreed to a multiyear contract, CBS affiliate WABI reported July 14. -
Adventist, Anthem Blue Cross deadlocked as contract deadline looms
Patients at Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health with Anthem Blue Cross health plans will need to seek care elsewhere if the payer and health system fail to agree on a new contract by July 18, the San Joaquin Valley Sun reported July 13. -
Highmark, AmeriHealth Caritas reselected for Delaware Medicaid contracts
Highmark Health and AmeriHealth Caritas have been awarded new contracts to continue serving as Medicaid managed care providers in Delaware.
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