Payer

These eight contract resolutions and dissolutions occurred between payers and providers over the past few weeks, beginning with the most recent.

Gov. Mark Dayton (DFL-Minn.) signed a $326 million health plan premium relief bill after the measure was approved by the majority of the state's legislature Thursday, reports Star Tribune. 

Blue Cross and Blue Shield is the oldest payer group in the U.S., consisting of 36 independent, locally operated franchises that collectively make up the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.

A Florida drug treatment center sued Cigna Behavioral Health for allegedly requiring improper audits and other cost-cutting measures to limit medical provider payments, according to a lawsuit filed Jan. 23 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of…

Cigna Medical Group opened the Cigna Medical Group Sun City Multi-Specialty Center Jan. 19, reports Peoria Times.

Harrisburg, Pa.-based Capital BlueCross will acquire a majority interest in Vibra Health Plan in Harrisburg.

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners penned a letter to four leaders in the House stressing the importance of caution as lawmakers craft an ACA replacement and listing priorities among payers throughout the country.

Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna and HeartWell, a medical practice with 23 cardiologists in nine south Florida offices, launched a program to improve quality and cost of care for chronic coronary artery disease patients.

A judge's ruling to block Aetna's proposed acquisition of Humana most grabbed the attention of Becker's Hospital Review payer issues readers this past week.

Moody's Investors Service said a federal judge's ruling to block Aetna's proposed $37 acquisition of Humana alleviated the threat of job cuts and will positively affect the credit of the insurer's Hartford headquarters, the region and Connecticut, reports Hartford Courant.