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Kaiser Permanente is facing backlash for how its insurance plans cover mental healthcare, receiving complaints from members, therapists and the American Psychological Association, according to NBC 7 San Diego. 

Cigna renewed its contract with Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health, maintaining that the system's 17 hospitals and 500 facilities remain in-network for members.

Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare partnered to launch Preferred Blue Option, a new preferred provider organization. 

Mary Hsieh, PharmD, will be helming Mass Advantage as its first CEO, UMass Memorial Health Care announced Sept. 20. 

Centene subsidiary Superior HealthPlan launched Choose Tomorrow, its new suicide prevention initiative, on Sept. 20. 

Centene, alongside AT&T, Connected Nation, Dell Technologies and Intel, are providing laptops and internet hot spots to youth in foster care in Florida and Missouri.

Prime Healthcare hospitals in New Jersey are terminating their contracts with UnitedHealthcare over reimbursement rates the system claims are lower than those offered by Medicaid.

Aetna issued a lawsuit to New York City and various labor leaders over what it alleges was a "tainted" bidding process for the city's $34 billion Medicare contract.

Forrester and Verint each released independent reports ranking payers by customer satisfaction and experience.

CMS is expanding the duration of its annual open enrollment period by 30 days.