Payer Contracting

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and the Christ Hospital in Cincinnati reached a new contract agreement one day before the two sides were set to go out of network. 

UnitedHealthcare and Gastonia, N.C.-based CaroMont Health have reached an agreement on a new contract, avoiding a split that was set to take effect April 1, ABC affiliate WSOC reported March 21. 

UnitedHealthcare and Burlington-based University of Vermont Health Network have reached an agreement to extend their current contract agreement through Dec. 31, avoiding a split set to take effect April 1. 

For an individual with commercial insurance, nonprofit and publicly-owned hospitals aren't the cheapest places to go for a brain MRI, according to a study published March 21 in JAMA Network Open.

Indiana selected four payers to manage a new long-term services and supports Medicaid program. 

Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Humana have reached an agreement that will avoid a contract break that was set to take effect April 1, the Nashville Tennessean reported March 13. 

New York City leaders have greenlit an Aetna-run Medicare Advantage plan for the city's retired municipal employees, Gothamist reported March 9. 

Fresno, Calif.-based Community Health System is back in network with Anthem Blue Cross after a split lasting six months. 

Some Aetna plans will be out of network at UC San Diego Health on April 21 if the two organizations don't agree on a new contract.

Oscar Health will keep CVS Caremark as its pharmaceutical benefit manager through 2026.