1. Anthem BCBS of Ohio names president
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Cincinnati appointed Steve Martenet president.
2. BCBS of Arizona CEO to retire
Phoenix-based Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona president and CEO Richard Boals will retire July 1.
3. Former Humana COO may receive $1.9M severance while transitioning to lead position at LifeCare
Humana’s retired executive vice president and COO Jim Murray could get cash severance of $1.94 million as he moves to helm Plano, Texas-based LifeCare Health Partners.
4. CEO of Molina Healthcare says Republicans’ gradual unraveling of ACA will create ‘healthcare disaster’
The top executive of Long Beach, Calif.-based Molina Healthcare said Republicans’ “piecemeal approach” to repeal and replace the ACA will lead to a “healthcare disaster.”
5. BCBS of Minnesota primarily attributes $322M operating loss to individual market business
Eagan-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota recorded continued losses in its individual market business for 2016.
6. Wellmark BCBS to exit Iowa’s 2018 ACA exchange
Des Moines, Iowa-based Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield will leave Iowa’s ACA health insurance exchange effective Jan. 1, 2018.
7. BCBS of Massachusetts, Landmark Health partner for home medical care
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and California-based Landmark Health, a national medical group, collaborated on a home healthcare program for the insurer’s Medicare Advantage beneficiaries.
8. Anthem ‘leaning toward exiting’ many ACA exchanges in 2018, Jefferies analysts say
Indianapolis-based Anthem is contemplating leaving a “high percentage” of the 144 rating regions where it sells health plans through federal and state-based exchanges established under the ACA.
9. Premier Health, UnitedHealthcare contract dispute could affect 70k
Dayton, Ohio-based Premier Health and Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealthcare reached a contract impasse that could affect 70,000 policyholders.
10. Temple University Health System, Independence Blue Cross extend contract 18 months
Philadelphia-based Temple University Health System and Independence Blue Cross agreed to extend their contract 18 months, effective at the beginning of this year.
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