Contracting

Centene subsidiary Superior HealthPlan was awarded a new six-year contract to administer Texas' Medicaid coverage for the aged, blind and disabled population. 

Patients with UnitedHealthcare plans could go out of network at Orlando (Fla.) Health if the two sides are unable to reach a new contract by July 31, the Orlando Sentinel reported July 18. 

Pittsburgh-based Highmark Blue Shield has added two Southeastern Pennsylvania-based health systems ahead of its move into the region next year, the Philadelphia Business Journal reported July 19. 

Nearly 50,000 Medicaid enrollees in Ohio are caught in the middle of a commercial reimbursement fight between Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health.

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and two hospitals in Maine operated by Tewksbury, Mass.-based Covenant Health have reached an in-network agreement.

Idaho has dropped Optum as the managed care contractor for its behavioral health plan and awarded a four-year, $1.2 billion contract to Centene's Magellan Healthcare subsidiary.

Syracuse, N.Y.-based St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center will go out of network with UnitedHealthcare if the two sides are unable to reach a new contract before July 1. 

Cigna and Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health have extended their commercial agreement until April 2025. 

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee and Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare reached an agreement regarding employer-based and marketplace plans, the  Memphis Commercial Appeal reported June 14. 

Oklahoma awarded three payers its first Medicaid managed care contracts.