Contracting

Blue Shield of California snagged a contract managing care for 400,000 California state employees. 

Texas officials rejected protests from eight insurers challenging its Medicaid contract awards. 

Editor's note: this article was updated June 28 to reflect that Baylor Scott & White Health and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas extended their contract deadline to Oct. 1.

Mobile, Ala.-based Infirmary Health is out of network with UnitedHealthcare as of June 4. 

Seven states have awarded new managed Medicaid contracts in 2024. Not every award process has been finalized and several organizations are suing over denied contracts.

Aetna plans to protest Kansas' Medicaid contract awards, while UCare will stand down after losing an effort to win a contract in the state. 

New York City Mayor Eric Adams plans to ask the state's highest court to allow the city to implement an Aetna Medicare Advantage plan for its retired employees, the New York Daily News reported May 21.

North Platte, Neb.-based Great Plains Health plans to stop contracting with Medicare Advantage plans in 2025. 

Kansas awarded Medicaid contracts managing care for 458,000 individuals to Centene, UnitedHealthcare and Healthy Blue. 

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and CommonSpirit reached an agreement to keep 11 CommonSpirit Health hospitals in Colorado in Anthem's network.