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Despite their widespread acceptance and use of behavioral healthcare, baby boomers are beginning to face challenges with Medicare's limited coverage of therapy and similar services. 

Payers and providers are having a harder time landing network contracts, and patients' wallets are stuck in the middle as they face more out-of-network care, Forbes reported Nov. 16. 

Magnolia Health's Ambetter will be offered through the federal insurance marketplace in 63 counties across Mississippi.

Clover Health is publicly offering 35 million Class A stock shares, the company announced Nov. 15.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico entered a value-based agreement with Addus HomeCare subsidiary Ambercare, which will implement Addus' services statewide. 

Medicare Advantage members who frequented providers with value-based care arrangements spent significantly less time in a hospital than non-value-based members. 

Anthem Blue Cross is expanding BlueHPN, its high performance network, effective 2022. 

Here are five recent expansions and partnerships from national payers:

Montage Health and Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare, both based in California, are partnering with Blue Shield of California on a commercial health plan. 

UnitedHealth Group and Cigna have received recognition by the 2021 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, which evaluate companies' stock performances based on environmental and social criteria.