8 recent payer partnerships

From several partnerships around social determinants of health to Humana becoming an equity partner in a Pennsylvania ACO, these are eight payer partnerships Becker's has reported since June 21:

  1. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and Washington, D.C.-based Hurdle Health said July 19 they have partnered to offer free, culturally sensitive mental telehealth services to residents of Brooklyn Center, Minn., starting later this year.

  2. SCAN Group, the Long Beach, Calif.-based parent company of Medicare Advantage provider SCAN Health Plan, has invested in SafeRide Health, a nonemergency medical transport company that builds custom transportation programs for older individuals.

  3. Florida Blue said July 18 it plans to expand its Medicare opioid management program with Prime Therapeutics following positive pilot results.

  4. Humana became an equity partner of Villanova, Pa.-based Delaware Valley Accountable Care Organization July 13 to provide the ability to expand services and add infrastructure to support performance in population- and value-based contracting.

  5. Independence Blue Cross said July 11 it is partnering with Philadelphia-based Cocolife.black and Cayaba Care to address racial disparities in maternal health.

  6. Highmark's partnership with Google Cloud is offering members personalized and equity-focused health plans through enhanced data analytics and a social determinants of health strategy, PittsburghInno reported July 8. First launched in December 2020, the custom health plans are backed by a six-year agreement between Highmark and Google Cloud company Verily. 

  7. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota said June 15 it is partnering with San Francisco-based Castlight Health to launch a new health, wellness and care navigation solution for commercial health plan members, beginning Jan. 1.

  8. Buckeye Health Plan said June 21 it is partnering with Walgreens Health to expand its Health Corners service to Medicaid members in five Ohio locations this summer.

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