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Memphis, Tenn.-based Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp. will replace Memphis-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare as an in-network hospital in BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee's Network S, according to a Memphis Business Journal report.

Dayton, Ohio-based Premier Health and Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealthcare have yet to ink a provider agreement as of April 21, 2 News reports.

The CEO of Connecticut's health insurance exchange, Access Health CT, said he is apprehensive the state-based marketplace will have no insurers offering 2018 coverage, The CT Mirror reports.

Kentucky is currently negotiating a Medicaid overhaul with the federal government that includes monthly premiums, work requirements and a rewards program that requires "able-bodied" adults to earn vision and dental coverage, according to a report from the Courier-Journal.

Thirty-nine percent of health plan members said their insurer does not provide a cost predictor, according to a HealthMine survey.

The Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services selected Watertown, Mass.-based Tufts Health Plan to manage the state's Medicaid program.

The individual health insurance market is showing signs of stabilization, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation report. If claims expenses don't increase unexpectedly, payers may see "significant" improvement in their 2017 individual market businesses.

Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare and Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealthcare signed a two-year provider network agreement, The Hartford Business Journal reports.

Indianapolis-based Anthem refuted a claim it was negotiating with Justice Department officials over its proposed merger with Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna, Reuters reports.

West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health and Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna signed an agreement to continue in-network care for Aetna members at RWJBarnabas hospitals and physician facilities.