Payer

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona launched an initiative to address the state's low number of mental health providers.

The Trump administration expanded health reimbursement arrangements June 13 in a final rule that aims to help small businesses provide insurance coverage.

Health insurance groups such as America's Health Insurance Plans and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association have joined a coalition in support of surprise-billing solutions.

A judge tossed a request from nonprofit insurer Fallon Health to halt its former CFO from working for rival Aetna, according to the Telegram & Gazette.

Ascension Providence in Waco, Texas, will break ties with Scott & White Health Plan effective Sept. 1, according to a notice.

The House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing June 12 on "Medicare for All." 

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

Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin, a health plan with more than 79,000 members, partnered with Fort HealthCare in Fort Atkinson, Wis.

Health Alliance Plan, a subsidiary of Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, signed a definitive agreement to acquire Detroit-based Medicaid plan Trusted HP-Michigan June 10.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona appointed James Napoli, MD, its CMO.