Payer

New Jersey residents will be able to access a new health insurance product next year offered through a joint venture between Hackensack Meridian Health, RWJBarnabas Health and Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey.

After a large exodus in 2017, more health insurers are growing their presence in the individual exchanges and marketplaces set up by the ACA.

UnitedHealthcare and Canopy Health, a physician- and hospital-owned accountable care network, partnered on a new health plan that aims to lower members' premiums by 25 percent.

Raquel Bono, MD, a retired Navy vice admiral, joined Humana's board of directors Sept. 4. 

Ascension Wisconsin and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield are launching a health plan on the ACA marketplace for the 2021 coverage year, the organizations said Sept. 10. 

Medicare Advantage organizations may be improperly using health risk assessments to increase risk-adjusted reimbursement, according to a report HHS' Office of Inspector General issued in September. 

Cigna is adding individual and family health plans to the ACA marketplace in nearly 80 counties for the 2021 plan year.

The following payer executives changed their positions in September.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota signed an agreement with Minnesota Healthcare Network to add the Bloomington-based group's 47 independent primary care clinics to the insurer's value-based payment platform. 

A nurse practitioner in Illinois pleaded guilty to charges of healthcare fraud Sept. 8, according to the Department of Justice.