Aetna CEO says single-payer doesn't control healthcare costs, CMS official named CEO of BCBS of North Carolina & more — 9 payer highlights

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

1. Evergreen Health CEO resigns amid state takeover
Peter Beilenson, MD, CEO of Baltimore-based insurer Evergreen Health, resigned Aug. 1.

2. BCBS of North Carolina appoints CMS official as CEO
Durham-based Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina selected Patrick Conway, MD, a CMS official, to serve as president and CEO.

3. Anthem to exit ACA marketplaces in Nevada, half of Georgia counties
Indianapolis-based Anthem will depart Nevada's ACA exchange and pull its individual exchange products from more than half of Georgia's counties for 2018.

4. Integris CEO defends 3% rate increase stirring BCBSOK impasse
Bruce Lawrence, president and CEO of Oklahoma City-based Integris Health, penned an op-ed in NewsOK addressing what he labeled "misinformation" provided by Tulsa-based Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma about the organizations' negotiation stalemate. 

5. Single-payer doesn't control healthcare costs, Aetna CEO says
Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini said a single-payer health system wouldn't "generate any savings for the American public" during an interview on CNBC's "Closing Bell" Aug. 3. 

6. How one Pennsylvania payer's insolvency could 'shock' the health insurance industry
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania placed Penn Treaty American Corp., an Allentown, Pa.-based long-term care insurer, and its two subsidiaries in liquidation March 1. As a result, health insurers in the states Penn Treaty is licensed to do business assumed responsibility for hundreds of millions of dollars in claims.

7. Feds owe Molina $52M in risk corridors payments, judge says
Long Beach, Calif.-based insurer Molina Healthcare is owed $52 million in risk corridors payments, a federal judge ruled Friday. 

8. WellCare Health Plans sees net income fall 18% despite revenue growth
WellCare Health Plans, a Tampa, Fla.-based Medicaid and Medicare managed care plan, reported an 18 percent dip in net income in the second quarter of fiscal year 2017.  

9. University of Chicago Medicine parts ways with Medicaid managed care plan
University of Chicago Medicine will drop its contract with Illinois Medicaid managed care plan IlliniCare Health next month. 

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