Payer

Congress has allowed funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program to expire, according to The Washington Post.

Independence Blue Cross members lost in-network access to five Pennsylvania hospitals purchased by Tower Health in West Reading, Pa., from Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems.

Indianapolis-based Anthem will no longer sell its individual health plans on Maine's ACA exchange in 2018, Forbes reports.

CMS is offering special enrollment periods for Medicare beneficiaries and others affected by hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria.

The following payers made headlines this week, beginning with the most recent.

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente ranked No. 1 in consumer experience among health plans, according to a study by market research firm Forrester in Cambridge, Mass.

President Donald Trump said he intends to sign an executive order permitting health insurers to sell policies across state lines, Politico reports.

Corporations should bypass health insurers and negotiate contracts directly with hospitals, according to two University of California, Berkeley professors.

Lexington-based Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Kentucky named Kennan Wethington president effective Oct. 16, according to The Lane Report.

On Sept. 27, health insurers are required to let HHS know whether they will sell coverage on the 2018 ACA exchanges.