Payer

All but one of seven large commercial payers reported growth in their Medicare Advantage and other private Medicare membership in the third quarter of fiscal year 2019.

Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan and L.A. Care Health Plan will open their first jointly operated community resource center in December, the organizations said Nov. 6.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois broke ground on its new center on Chicago's South Side Nov. 6.

UnitedHealthcare is facing another lawsuit that alleges the health insurer discriminated against members who received mental health services, according to The Recorder.

In September, Banner-University Health Plans, the managed Medicaid organization of Phoenix-based Banner Health, debuted a care coordination platform to safely share data between physicians and behavioral health providers caring for some of the state's most vulnerable patients.

Five recent articles posted by Becker's Hospital Review that concern payer-provider relationships:

The University of Iowa Health Care in Iowa City will be considered an in-network provider for Medicare patients with health insurance through HealthPartners UnityPoint Health's health plan, according to The Gazette.

Medicaid work requirements will be among the first to go after apparent Kentucky Gov.-elect Andy Beshear, a Democrat, takes office, according to CNBC.

Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, a Houston-based network of more than 400 physicians, will once again be a part of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas' provider network, the organizations said Nov. 6.

Humana said layoffs projected to affect more than 800 employees nationwide will cost the insurer $46 million.