Compensation Issues

Grand Island, Neb.-based CHI Health, part of Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives, will enter Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska's Medicare Advantage network beginning April 1, Live Well Nebraska reports. 

West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health may leave Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna's provider network if the two parties fail to agree on reimbursement rates, NJ.com reports.

Nurse practitioners and physician assistants both report high job satisfaction and growing salaries, according to a recent survey from PracticeMatch.

While Valeant Pharmaceuticals faced numerous legal and financial issues in 2016, the drugmaker paid its CEO Joseph Papa $63 million last year, reports CNN Money.

The median annual salary for CMOs is $375,075, according to Salary.com.

The costs associated with Aetna's unsuccessful bid for a merger with Humana struck a chord with Becker's Hospital Review readers this week.

Bruce Broussard, CEO of Louisville, Ky.-based Humana, said the insurer will not reenter health insurance exchanges created under the ACA even if the individual market changes for the better under Republicans' proposed healthcare bill, WDRB reports.

Here are 17 contract resolutions and dissolutions that occurred between payers and providers since Jan. 1, beginning with the most recent.

Anthem CEO Joseph Swedish requested changes to the GOP's ACA replacement plan in a conversation with the Trump administration Tuesday, according to Bloomberg.

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