Payer Contracting

Cleveland Clinic and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Ohio have reached a deal on a multiyear contract. 

Four months after Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi went out of network with Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center, the sides have been unable to agree on a new contract, and the dispute now involves a lawsuit alleging a…

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi filed a lawsuit July 28 in a state circuit court against three executives with the Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center over allegations of a defamatory public relations campaign following a turbulent contract…

State insurance commissioner Mike Chaney thinks the University of Mississippi Medical Center is violating state law by turning away patients during its dispute with Blue Cross & Blue Shield, Mississippi Today reported July 27. 

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and Bridges Health Partners have signed a three-year, value-based agreement for Highmark's Medicare Advantage members in western Pennsylvania. 

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska next year will be offering a plan in the ACA marketplace for the first time since 2017, the Omaha World-Herald reported July 22. 

Empire BlueCross BlueShield won't be offering Medicare Advantage Plus plans to retired New York City employees, the payer said this week.

Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health and Anthem Blue Cross have agreed to extend their current contract by two weeks as they continue to hammer out a new deal. 

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma and OU Health in Oklahoma City have signed a three-year in-network agreement. 

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield commercial and Medicare Advantage plan members will remain in network at Lewiston-based Central Maine Healthcare after the sides agreed to a multiyear contract, CBS affiliate WABI reported July 14.