Payer

The following payer executives changed their positions in the past few weeks.

Moody's Investors Service changed its outlook of U.S. Anesthesia Partners, a group of nearly 5,000 anesthesia providers, from stable to negative due to a contract termination from UnitedHealth Group.

A group of national payers all agreed to waive copays for tests for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, according to The Hill. 

CMS is telling Medicare Advantage plans to waive certain requirements to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, among beneficiaries.

As more providers and insurers consolidate, the chances that both sides will run into disagreements over their in-network contracts have heightened, according to a report from the Center on Health Insurance Reforms from the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute in…

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina won its bid to be the third-party health plan administrator for more than 727,000 state employees, teachers, retirees and others.

Blue Shield of California is the first health plan to pay for rapid whole genome sequencing for critically ill children so physicians can quickly identify and decode the root causes of rare genetic disorders.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas agreed to reimburse members for out-of-network emergency claims due to delays and incorrect advertising, the Texas Department of Insurance said March 6.

Launched in 2018, a co-branded health plan from the Cleveland Clinic and startup Oscar now serves eight counties in Ohio, according to Crain's Cleveland Business.

One of the insurance industry's largest trade groups, American's Health Insurance Plans, said its members will cover physician-ordered diagnostic testing for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.