Payer

Saint Francis Muskogee (Okla.) and Tulsa-based Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma ended their interim in-network agreement May 31, according to a Muskogee Phoenix report. 

San Antonio-based Allegian Health Plans, a wholly-owned managed care subsidiary of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, divested 20,000 Medicare and commercial group members to Richardson-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas.

Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna appointed three individuals to lead three of its U.S. markets.

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare and Louisville, Ky.-based Humana amended their multiyear provider network agreement to take effect June 1.

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

Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna intends to reach an agreement by early summer to move its headquarters, according to a Hartford Courant report.

A recent Morning Consult survey found Americans' opinion of Louisville, Ky.-based Humana and Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna did not significantly change following their decisions to exit the ACA exchanges for 2018.

Huntingdon Valley, Pa.-based Holy Redeemer Health System and Philadelphia-based Independence Blue Cross inked a three-year agreement to maintain in-network services at the health system for Independence policyholders.

Starting next month, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia will no longer cover emergency department services it determines are unnecessary for members with individual plans.

The greatest driver of consumer satisfaction among health plan members is care coordination with providers, according to the annual J.D. Power 2017 Member Health Plan Study.