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Here are the largest commercial health plans by number of covered lives in each state, according to a report from America's Health Insurance Plans.

Here are 10 recent articles posted by Becker's Hospital Review that concern payer-provider relationships:

Morgantown-based West Virginia University Health System, branded WVU Medicine, and Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia reached a multiyear contract, the organizations said June 5.

Anthem sent an agreement to the Georgia Department of Insurance to cover some services its ACA exchange members may receive at WellStar Health System in Marietta, Ga., The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

First announced in 2017, the joint-venture health plan between Allina Health in Minneapolis and Aetna hit a milestone in its first quarter of operations: more than 12,000 enrollees.

UPMC no longer plans to require patients with Medicare Advantage coverage through Highmark to pay for services in advance once consent decrees between the Pittsburgh-based rivals expire July 1, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.  

America's Health Insurance Plans released a state-by-state report on the role health plans play nationwide.

Here are the 10 largest commercial, Medigap, Medicare Advantage and Medicaid health plans by number of covered lives, according to a report from America's Health Insurance Plans.

Scott Serota, president and CEO of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association for nearly two decades, will retire at the end of 2020.

OptumCare, the healthcare delivery unit of UnitedHealth Group, won't own inpatient care or post-acute care services, the health insurer's CEO said during an annual strategy conference, according to Business Insider.