Payer Contracting

Amarillo, Texas-based Baptist St. Anthony Health System will avoid leaving Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas' network after the two sides were able to reach an agreement Oct. 31. 

These are seven recently inked network contracts between hospitals and health systems and payers reported by Becker's since Oct. 7:

In-home care provider Amedisys has inked a value-based contract to provide care to Aetna Medicare Advantage members. 

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has terminated one of her top officials after he publicly accepted a job at Elevance Health just days after the city awarded a Medicaid contract to an Elevance subsidiary, The Washington Post reported Oct. 26.

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield's contract with Wausau, Wis.-based Aspirus Health is on uncertain terms as the deadline to negotiate a new contract approaches, CBS affiliate WSAW reported Oct. 26.

 CHI Memorial Hospital Georgia will be in-network with several Blue Cross Blue Shield Tennessee plans beginning Nov. 1. 

Mississippi's insurance commissioner said talks between Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center and Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi are continuing, only without the help of a mediator, ABC affiliate WTOK reported Oct. 26. 

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield and Johns Hopkins Medicine have signed a multiyear contract following a dispute over reimbursement rates that would have left hundreds of thousands of people out of network.

Delaware will not implement Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware's Medicare Advantage plan for 2023, after a judge sided with state retirees opposed to the plan, the Delaware News Journal reported. 

Independence Blue Cross signed a multiyear contract renewal with Labcorp.