Payer Contracting

Virginia has awarded a contract to software firm GetInsured to help the state build its own health insurance exchange, instead of using healthcare.gov.

Aetna and Lubbock, Texas-based Covenant Health have ended their dispute over reimbursement rates and signed an in-network contract that went into effect Oct. 1.

Here are 10 Medicaid contract updates Becker's has reported since Aug. 10. 

Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney is urging state lawmakers to enact more regulations to prevent another contract dispute like the one currently playing out between the state's largest insurer and hospital, the Daily Journal reported Oct. 5.

New Mexico is seeking contract proposals from payers to deliver services to the state's 969,093 Medicaid members. 

Farmers Branch, Texas-based Southwestern Health Resources and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas have reached a multiyear contract. 

Tryon Medical Partners, the largest independent primary care provider in the Charlotte, N.C.-area, is no longer in-network with Humana Medicare Advantage plans, NC Health News reported Oct. 3. 

Farmers Branch, Texas-based Southwestern Health Resources is seeking a more than $900 million increase over the next 32 months in a new contract with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, the Dallas Morning News reported Sept. 29. 

Here are nine contract updates Becker's has reported since Sept. 7. 

BayCare will stay in-network with Florida Blue, reaching an agreement days before the organizations in-network contracts were set to expire, BayCare said Sept. 28.