Payer

Fifty-eight percent of reimbursements from Indianapolis-based Anthem are linked to value-based care models, 75 percent of which are shared savings, shared risk and population-based payment models, Anthem CEO Joseph Swedish said on the first-quarter earnings call this week, according to…

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota reached a settlement to pay back $328,000 in surprise medical fees, in addition to a $45,000 fine to the Minnesota Department of Commerce, according to Star Tribune.

Indianapolis-based Anthem reported a 43.7 percent increase in net income to $1.01 billion in the first quarter of 2017 compared to the same period last year.

Indianapolis-based Anthem named Hongmai (Mai) Pham, MD, vice president of provider alignment solutions beginning in May.

Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic became an in-network provider for Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna.

Indianapolis-based Anthem moved to block Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna from ending their $54 billion merger agreement on April 30, when the contract is set to expire, according to a Law360 report.

St. Louis-based Centene saw net earnings rebound from a $16 million loss in the first quarter of 2016 to a $139 million surplus in the first quarter of this year.

The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services moved to place Portland, Ore.-based Zoom Health Plan in receivership April 21.

Pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts is slated to lose its largest client, Indianapolis-based Anthem, by 2019 amid a continuing legal battle, Bloomberg reports.

Here are seven contract impasses and agreements that took place between payers and providers in April so far.