Payer

The following insurers made headlines this week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.

Herb Fritch, president and founder of Cigna-HealthSpring — the Medicare Advantage arm of payer Cigna — will retire effective Nov. 11.

CMS released 2017 Star Ratings for Medicare Advantage and Part D plans, with nearly half of all Medicare Advantage with Part D plans earning an overall rating of four stars or higher.

NorthBay Healthcare and Blue Shield of California are poised to terminate their in-network agreement Dec. 1, reports The North Bay Business Journal.

CMS' media relations group in Washington, D.C., launched a Twitter handle — @CMSgovPress — for its communications office.

American's insured population topped 90.9 percent in all or part of 2015, according to U.S. Census data from 2014 to 2016.

Louisville, Ky.-based payer Humana severed ties with Greenville (S.C.) Health System for its Medicare Advantage health maintenance organization plan, The Greenville News reports.

In an attempt to solve payment disputes, UnitedHealthcare and North Mississippi Health Services will share electronic payment information and research, Daily Journal reports.

Health insurer Aetna could cut its workforce, offer an early retirement option and change its work from home policy, Hartford Courant reports.

For Medicare's 2017 open enrollment, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield is launching a $0 premium Medicare Advantage health maintenance organization plan in six Connecticut counties. It will also add a post-discharge meal benefit to its existing dual-eligible special needs…