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As part of an ongoing series, Becker's is talking to healthcare leaders who plan to speak at the first-ever Becker's Healthcare Payer Issues Virtual Summit, which will take place Aug. 3 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. CDT.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts will pay child psychiatrists 50 percent more than the standard fee schedule if they agree to join the health insurer's provider network, according to a July 23 announcement. 

Humana will roll out more than 1 million in-home preventive care screening kits to members in 2020 to increase the number of routine care screenings which some people have avoided due the coronavirus pandemic.

U.S. employers ranked Cigna the highest and UnitedHealthcare the lowest for its efforts to drive value-based healthcare, according to a new survey from The Leapfrog Group. 

Clover Health is expanding its geographic footprint after seeing its Medicare Advantage plans' membership grow 37 percent last year. 

Here are four recent disputes involving UnitedHealth Group and physician staffing firms: 

Here are five updates on Humana's recent operations and partnerships reported by Becker's Hospital Review since June.

Here are seven contract impasses and agreements that took place between payers and providers since June 1:

The COVID-19 pandemic will cost Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina more than it expected, the health insurer's new CEO Tunde Sotunde, MD, told The News & Observer. 

As part of an ongoing series, Becker's is talking to healthcare leaders who plan to speak at the first-ever Becker's Healthcare Payer Issues Virtual Summit, which will take place Aug. 3 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. CDT.