Payer

Dayton, Ohio-based Premier Health is out of network with Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealthcare following the parties' inability to reach a contract resolution before their May 14 deadline, Dayton Daily News reports.

Mark Bertolini, CEO of Aetna, said discussion about a single-payer healthcare system and how it would operate in the U.S. should be on the table, Reuters reports.

The version of the GOP's ACA replacement plan approved by the House of Representatives could jeopardize funding for children's health coverage, reports USA Today.

Indianapolis-based Anthem terminated its merger agreement with Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna, ending the insurers' attempt to create one of the largest payers in America.

A Delaware judge denied Indianapolis-based Anthem's request for a preliminary injunction Thursday to stop Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna from leaving the insurers' $54 billion merger deal, according to Bloomberg.

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

Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna will exit ACA exchanges in Delaware and Nebraska in 2018, marking the insurer's full exit from the individual marketplace, The Washington Post reports.

Louisville, Ky.-based Humana established an orthopedic value-based care model with 11 specialty groups in North Carolina and Virginia.

Four states recently released proposed premium rate increases for 2018 ACA marketplace plans, suggesting insurers may continue to seek significant hikes — with some requests surpassing the average 25 percent increase for 2017, according to The Washington Post.

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health System and Pittsburgh-based Highmark, a Blue Cross Blue Shield-affiliated organization, inked a letter of intent to establish a clinical joint venture.