Payer

Ten providers — including University of Chicago Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital and Denver Health — recently posted job listings seeking leaders to help payer contracting and relations. 

From sprawling contract renewals to relationships built on member value, here are seven recent payer expansions and partnerships. 

A proposed rule from HHS is aiming to make it easier for consumers to compare ACA marketplace health insurance plans and promote health equity. 

UnitedHealth Group and Aetna were both named in lawsuits for allegedly denying claims and underpaying surgeons who provided advanced endometriosis treatment. 

Orange, Calif.-based Alignment Healthcare appointed Jody Bilney and Yon Yoon Jorden to its board of directors, effective Jan. 1, 2022. 

Anthem and Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare struck a multiyear contract that gives members access to the provider's 11 hospitals, eight ambulatory surgery centers and 3,300 physicians. 

Behind Centene's leadership overhaul is alleged pressure from the payer's $900 million financial backer, Politan Capital Management, which is led by activist investor Quentin Koffey. 

One of Vermont's largest employers is opting out of a state request that employer-sponsored health plans cover at-home COVID-19 tests, according to VTDigger.

Rite Aid is entering a "rebate aggregation agreement" with Blue Cross Blue Shield-owned pharmacy benefits manager Prime Therapeutics in a move that aims to improve profit margins and industry competitiveness, according to a Forbes report.

With a month remaining until enrollment closes, HHS announced that a record-setting 13.6 million Americans will receive health insurance coverage in 2022 through the ACA marketplaces.