Transactions & Valuation Issues

Anthem Blue Cross is expanding BlueHPN, its high performance network, effective 2022. 

Here are five recent expansions and partnerships from national payers:

Columbus-based OhioHealth and Cambridge, Ohio-based Guernsey Health Systems are seeking a stronger partnership about four years after entering into a strategic collaboration. 

Montage Health and Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare, both based in California, are partnering with Blue Shield of California on a commercial health plan. 

Here are seven updates on payer contract negotiations and resolutions:

East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine and Vidant Health — both in Greenville, N.C. — advanced their plan Nov. 12 to create a new health system brand in eastern North Carolina.

Chicago-based Zing Health completed its acquisition of Dallas-based insurer Lasso Healthcare on Nov. 9.

After a decade of "merger mania," many organizations now are taking a step back and looking to unwind past partnerships or call off deals before they are finalized. 

The pandemic forced many revenue cycle workers to work from home, requiring hospitals and health systems to adapt quickly.

Anthem is moving to acquire Integra Managed Care, a New York-based, managed long-term care plan.