Payer

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

Health insurers Cigna and Oscar partnered Jan. 13 to provide commercial health solutions to small businesses.

The Iowa Insurance Division gave approval to five insurers to sell short-term health plans in 2020, and is working with several others to get their plans approved, the state agency said Jan. 6.

Craig Samitt, MD, president and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and its parent company, Stella, is anxious about the trajectory of healthcare cost growth in his state.

Businesses in Montana sued Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana to recoup fees the insurer allegedly kicked back to municipal leaders as a marketing incentive, according to the Missoula Current.

Bright Health signed an agreement to acquire Universal Care, a California-based Medicare health plan, the health insurance startup announced Jan. 8.

Molina Healthcare entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all the capital stock of a Medicaid managed care organization in Illinois, the health plan said Jan. 6.

In December, 177,000 Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey members received a rebate for overcharged premiums in 2018.

CMS released its first round of proposed updates to Medicare Part C and Part D payment policies Jan. 6.

Health insurance startup Bright Health welcomed Cathy Smith, former CFO of Target, as its finance chief Jan. 6.