Payer

Mary Washington Healthcare in Fredericksburg, Va., and Cigna ended their network agreement May 30, according to The Free Lance-Star.

CVS Health and its CEO, Karen Lynch, made Fortune 500 history by becoming the highest-ranked company to be helmed by a female CEO, according to a June 2 news release.

America's Health Insurance Plans has updated its brand and mission, according to a June 1 news release. Here are five things to know:

Oklahoma City-based OU Health Physicians will remain in network with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma through June 30 of next year, according to a news release shared with Becker's June 2. 

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts CMO Sandhya Rao, MD, spoke to Becker's about her time at the JPMorgan, Amazon and Berkshire Hathaway startup Haven, and the primary focus of her current role at BCBS.

Lisa White, director of value-based transformation at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, recently discussed a renewed focus on patient care strategies due to the pandemic on Becker's payer podcast.

Ohio Medicaid members are receiving vaccine doses at half the state's overall rate due to access barriers, according to the Dayton Daily News and data from the Ohio Department of Medicaid.

Dayton, Ohio-based health plan CareSource will pay Medicaid members in its Indiana market $20 to become fully vaccinated. 

More than 150 House Democrats have formed a coalition to pressure President Joe Biden to include an expansion of Medicare benefits in his infrastructure package, according to The New York Times.

A Texas bill to extend Medicaid coverage for new mothers from 60 days to six months received an almost unanimous vote in the state Senate, according to the Austin American-Statesman.