Contracting

Ohio has awarded managed care contracts to four insurers to serve residents dually eligible for Medicaid and Medicare.

Texas will delay awarding Medicaid contracts until 2025, pausing a shakeup that could have led 1.8 million beneficiaries to switch plans, The Dallas Morning News reported Oct. 31. 

CMS has lifted an enrollment suspension on a UnitedHealthcare subsidiary's Medicare Advantage plan following three years of not meeting the required 85% medical loss ratio.

Regence BlueShield of Idaho will remain as the state's health plan administrator after a state judge dismissed a lawsuit from Blue Cross of Idaho that looked to invalidate the new contract, the Idaho Capital Sun reported Oct. 14.

Rhode Island officials agreed to reevaluate bids for its five-year Medicaid contract after two payers appealed the decision, the Rhode Island Current reported Oct. 16. 

UnitedHealthcare and York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health remain at odds over a new contract as their current deal is set to expire Oct. 31, ABC affiliate WHTM reported Oct. 14. 

Michigan has awarded nine health plans contracts to manage its Medicaid program for individuals dually-eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. 

A Kansas judge denied Aetna's petition for judicial review of the state's Medicaid contract awards, the Topeka Capital-Journal reported Oct. 3. 

Editor's note: This story was updated Oct. 1 to reflect Baptist Health and Florida Blue reached a new contract agreement.  Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health and Florida Blue reached an agreement a day before their contract was set to expire. 

Editor's note: This story was updated Sept. 12 to reflect that the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment Systems upheld its original contract awards.  Arizona will uphold contracts awarded to UnitedHealth and Centene to manage the state's long-term care Medicaid program.