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From being selected for a Medicare Advantage contract with Connecticut, to canceling its contract with Cerebral, Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna has been featured in seven recent Becker's stories:

Twelve officials make up Louisville-Ky.-based Humana's executive team, according to the payer's website. 

Centene has agreed to pay $13.7 million to settle an investigation into its subsidiaries' pricing and reporting of pharmacy benefits and services to New Mexico's Medicaid program.   

Optum is canceling in-network services with mental health startup Cerebral in August, a spokesperson for UnitedHealth Group's behavioral health arm told Business Insider on June 13. 

Humana's pharmacy and specialty pharmacy businesses are now under its CenterWell brand. 

From an ongoing Anthem relationship with Google to better detect fraudulent claims to Blue Shield of California investing millions at UC Berkeley, these are five recent payer partnerships:

Payers often have behavioral health carve-outs in coverage policies to contract with providers that will specifically provide mental healthcare to members, but this practice is preventing access to care, according to Kaiser Health News.

  An overwhelming majority of Medicare Advantage members are satisfied with their health coverage, but 13 percent say they have had a claim or prior authorization request denied, according to an eHealth survey published June 13.

Health insurers in Rhode Island are seeking a significant jump in premium rates next year, according to the state's health insurance commissioner's office. 

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill requiring healthcare-sharing ministries to submit annual reports on their operations to the state's insurance commissioner, Colorado Politics reported June 9.