Payer

Shifting specialty drug administration away from hospital settings could reduce expenses by $4 billion annually, according to a new report from UnitedHealth Group.

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

Employees at Jellico (Tenn.) Community Hospital had their Florida Blue coverage terminated, the health insurer told CBS affiliate WVLT News.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is changing the way it pays for cancer care under a new agreement with Minnesota Oncology, a US Oncology cancer care provider with 12 locations in the Twin Cities area.

Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan and L.A. Care Health Plan agreed to jointly operate 14 community resource centers in Los Angeles County, the organizations said Sept. 4.

Gainesville-based Northeast Georgia Health System and Anthem have hit a contract impasse, according to NPR affiliate WABE.

Humana added 11 more primary care practices to its Medicare Advantage network in Arizona, Georgia and Texas through an expanded partnership with Iora Health.

CVS Health's $69 billion purchase of Aetna is official after a federal judge ruled that with its planned divestitures, the deal is not anticompetitive, according to a Sept. 4 court order.

Bright Health, a Minneapolis-based startup health insurer, named a former leader at UnitedHealth Group and Best Buy its vice chairman and president, according to the Star Tribune.

A contract dispute between UnitedHealth Group and physician staffing company TeamHealth could indirectly affect hospitals and other providers, according to credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service.