The following payers made headlines this week, beginning with the most recent.
1. Minuteman Health's proposed transition to for-profit payer fails
Minuteman Health, a Boston-based nonprofit health insurer, lacks funds to complete a proposed transition to a for-profit entity and sell insurance on 2018 ACA marketplaces.
2. Aetna, Anthem CEOs react to Charlottesville and Trump
Two of the health insurance industry's biggest names — Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini and Anthem CEO Joseph Swedish — condemned the white supremacist protest in Charlottesville, Va., and President Donald Trump's following rhetoric.
3. Health insurance startup Oscar records $57.6M loss in first half of 2017
New York City-based health plan startup Oscar posted a $57.6 million loss in the first half of fiscal year 2017, narrowing its $83 million loss recorded in the same period a year prior.
4. BCBS of North Carolina CEO: Mission Health has '100% control over what happens next' in contract dispute
Brad Wilson, president and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, wrote in a Citizen-Times column Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health System has "100 percent control over what happens next" in an ongoing reimbursement rate clash.
5. David Wichmann named UnitedHealth's new CEO
David Wichmann, president of Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group, will become CEO of the company Sept. 1 after Stephen Hemsley leaves the position.
6. Summit Health signs Medicare agreement with Humana
Chambersburg, Pa.-based Summit Health and Humana in Louisville, Ky., contracted to allow Humana's Medicare customers in-network access to Summit Health's facilities and providers.
7. Centene subsidiary to fill Nevada counties lacking ACA exchange insurer
Las Vegas-based SilverSummit Healthplan, a subsidiary of St. Louis-based Centene, will offer its Ambetter ACA marketplace product in Nevada next year, filling all counties lacking an individual exchange product.
8. Anne Arundel Medical Center, CareFirst end contract spat
Annapolis, Md.-based Anne Arundel Medical Center and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield in Baltimore inked a three-year in-network contract Aug. 4.