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Two nonprofit Blue Cross Blue Shield health plans are planning on combining.

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island launched a grant program to help behavioral health providers transition to a population health model.

As insurers develop their premium rates for the 2021 plan year, they face new uncertainties from the COVID-19 pandemic. 

To improve member satisfaction, payers are considering how they can meet experience expectations during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. A Salesforce survey of 8,000 consumers, released in January, found 84 percent of consumers say the experience a company provides is…

Seattle-based UW Medicine will no longer be in Cigna's network if the organizations don't negotiate a new contract before August.

Global nonprofit Points of Light named five health plans to its annual list of the most community-minded companies in the U.S.

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Independence Blue Cross have signed a five-year agreement aimed at expanding the hospital's value-based care initiatives. 

Patrick Conway, MD, announced on Twitter June 9 that he joined Optum as the company's CEO of Care Solutions.

Anthem reaffirmed its profit guidance for 2020 as the insurer expects continued financial growth despite the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a June 9 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

The following payer executives changed their positions in June.