Payer

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

Minnetonka, Minn.-based Medica selected Tom Lindquist as senior vice president and general manager of its combined Medicare and Medicaid business.

Independence Blue Cross and Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania Health System contracted to share responsibility for quality and cost of care.

Zenefits, a health benefits broker, agreed to pay a $1.2 million fine Tuesday following an investigation that found the company violated New York state insurance law.

For the third year in a row, health insurers in Minnesota saw 2016 premiums fall short of expenses for health plans not affiliated with Medicare or Medicaid, according to the Minnesota Council of Health Plans.  

Republican legislators floated legislation to expand North Carolina's Medicaid program, Winston-Salem Journal reports.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma inked a transitional in-network agreement through May 31 with Muskogee, Okla.-based Eastar Health System's two acquired hospitals.

Marquette, Mich.-based Upper Peninsula Health Plan selected Leslie Luke to serve as CFO.

MDwise, an Indianapolis-based Medicaid insurance company, dropped the 'interim' from CEO James Parker's title.

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health Plan filed a lawsuit against the federal government seeking $9 million in risk corridors payments, The Bismarck Tribune reports.