Care Coordination

Molina Healthcare's Nevada subsidiary was awarded a four-year state Medicaid contract, effective Jan. 1, 2022. 

Centene subsidiary Buckeye Health Plan is joining the ranks of Ohio's six Medicaid managed care organizations, the state Department of Medicaid announced Aug. 13. 

Anthem and San Francisco-based Dignity Health announced a new multiyear agreement just over a month after their previous contract expired. 

Alignment Health Plan is offering a co-branded Medicare Advantage plan alongside Rite Aid, the companies announced Aug. 16. 

Cigna will continue to grow its partnership with Waltham, Mass.-based Fresenius Medical Care North America as it pens an agreement to extend its collaborative effort to support kidney failure patients. 

As cost and complexity grow to be "fundamental" challenges to employers looking at health insurance amid the pandemic, businesses are looking for holistic ways to manage coverage, said Tara Krauss, head of accident and health for QBE North America.

The over two-thirds of workers under employer-funded healthcare plans are being swept into a dangerously growing trend, said Alain Enthoven, PhD, a Stanford emeritus professor of public and private management.

Miami-based CareMax, a senior healthcare provider with an emphasis on value-based care, penned a partnership with Anthem that will lead to the duo opening 50 medical centers around the country.

Omaha, Neb.-based distributor Senior Market Sales claimed nearly 350 Walgreens storefronts where agents can sell health plans alongside SeekMedicare agents, according to ThinkAdvisor. 

The coronavirus pandemic created a lag in regular healthcare for members, and while the world is recovering, the top priority for Talya Schwartz, PhD, CEO of MetroPlus Health Plan in New York City, is to plug members back into care.