Payer

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.

Eagan-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota plans to decrease reimbursement for a standard hour-long therapy session by roughly 18 percent Jan. 1, according to a Star Tribune report.

On a 100-point scale, health system executives ranked their trust in health plans at 52, according to a ReviveHealth survey. 

Louisville, Ky.-based Humana rolled out a voluntary early retirement program for employees age 55 or older, Louisville Business First reports.