Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health will go out of network for Cigna Healthcare on June 23, the health system confirmed to Becker’s. Cigna’s commercial members would be affected, while those with HealthSpring Medicare supplement plans would not. Some services, facilities and…
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Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield has been awarded a contract to participate in Wisconsin’s Family Care program, a managed Medicaid long-term services and supports program. Anthem is the first organization added to Family Care in several years, the company…
Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network is no longer in network for UnitedHealthcare employer-sponsored commercial members, as of April 26, according to both organizations. The update does not impact access to broader Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health facilities and physicians, the insurer…
Portland, Ore.-based Legacy Health is back in network with Regence — a Blues carrier under Cambia Health Solutions — according to updates from both organizations. The agreement is retroactive to April 1, when Legacy went out of network. Without a…
Hospitals run by HCA Midwest Health — under Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare — will go out of network for Cigna commercial members May 1 unless an agreement is reached, the system said on its website. Members would lose access to…
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North Carolina’s state health plan cancelled a previous request for proposal seeking third-party administrator services and will soon issue a new one, according to an April 15 news release from State Treasurer Bradford Briner. The release said the cancellation of…
Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System is slated to go out of network with Cambia Health Solutions’ Regence BlueShield, as well as Premera Blue Cross, May 10 and May 31, respectively, the organizations’ websites said. Regence and Premera confirmed commercial members…
UnitedHealthcare and New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian have until the end of April before members lose access, according to both organizations. In March, the organizations extended in-network access through April 30 for UHC members in commercial plans, Medicaid, Medicare Advantage and…
After Nebraska’s state employee health insurance fund peaked at $83 million in fiscal year 2021-2022, it has since dropped to just over $7 million by fiscal year 2024-2025, according to an April 15 news release from State Auditor Mike Foley.…
Mark Cuban has never been subtle about what fuels his motivation to upend U.S. healthcare economics. “What’s more fun and more exciting than taking an industry that everybody hates, the economic side of healthcare … and to be able to…