A contract between Aetna and Lubbock, Texas-based Covenant Health expired Aug. 31, leaving almost 9,000 individuals without in-network coverage.
Payer Contracting
Iowa said Aug. 31 it intends to award four-year Medicaid managed care contracts to Elevance Health's Amerigroup Iowa and Molina Healthcare of Iowa.
Louisiana intends to contract with Magellan to administer pharmacy benefits for the state's Medicaid managed care program.
Update: Tenet spokesperson Rob Dyer confirmed to Becker's that Centene and Tenet Healthcare signed an in-network contract for Sept. 30, 2022 through Dec. 31, 2026.
Centene subsidiary Health Net of California was one of three plans awarded contracts in Medi-Cal's first ever statewide managed care plan procurement process, but the insurer said it was disappointed to learn it did not win contracts in three counties…
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The California Department of Healthcare Services selected Molina Healthcare, Anthem Blue Cross Partnership Plan and Centene subsidiary Health Net for managed care contracts.
Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System is sending 215,000 letters to patients with Florida Blue insurance plans informing them that the system will go out of network with the payer if the sides are not able to agree to a new…
Empire BlueCross BlueShield and Northwell Health have signed a multiyear agreement that they say offers New Yorkers enhanced access and new programs.
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Maine and MaineHealth have reached an agreement to keep Maine Medical Center in Portland, the state's largest hospital, in network for the next two years.
Mississippi's insurance commissioner is looking to introduce state legislation that limits when a network contract can be canceled between a payer and provider following one of the most contentious contract disputes of 2022 between Blue Cross and Blue Shield of…