Christus Health hospitals in Texas and Louisiana are no longer in Cigna's provider network, the Irving, Texas-based health system said on its website.

Here are 10 articles recently published by Becker's Hospital Review on national and state news concerning Medicaid.

CMS gave Maryland the OK to amend its Medicaid program beginning March 18 through Dec. 31, 2021.

CMS is proposing an update to how it calculates fines imposed on Medicare Advantage plans with systemic issues that may harm beneficiaries, the agency said March 15.

Aetna will close its mail-order prescription delivery location in Plantation, Fla., resulting in 106 layoffs, according to the South Florida Sun Sentinel.

Republican-led states are ramping up their efforts alongside President Donald Trump's administration to implement Medicaid changes including work requirements, block grants and drug testing, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Here are seven lawsuits involving payers posted by Becker's Hospital Review since the first week of March:

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care's CEO is steering financial improvements after years of operating losses and the abrupt resignation of the health insurer's former chief executive, according to the Boston Globe.

Medicaid spending in Missouri accounted for 17 percent of the state's revenue in 2009. In 2018, the state's Medicaid spending grew to 24 percent, and it's on track to equal 26 percent of revenue by 2023 if left untouched, according to the News Tribune.

Opioid use among Blue Shield of California members with noncancer pain fell 56 percent since 2014, the health insurer said March 18.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and its parent company, Stella, got a new senior vice president and chief analytics & information officer March 7: Shahid Alam.

Companies like Walmart, Intel and Boeing are creating or have launched value-based programs that aim to lower healthcare costs through direct-to-provider agreements, according to the Harvard Business Review.

Amazon customers can now use health savings accounts or flexible savings accounts to buy medical supplies and prescriptions, according to CNBC.

A chancery court judge in Delaware is set to decide whether Anthem or Cigna is owed money in a breakup battle that ensued in the two years after their failed merger, according to the CT Mirror.

Federal and Kentucky officials are throwing support behind a Medicaid proposal that would enact work requirements for beneficiaries, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader.

A judge tasked with signing off on a government settlement allowing CVS Health to acquire Aetna ordered a hearing on the matter, according to Reuters.

Here are three updates on executive compensation for health insurers Centene, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Humana:

Michael Neidorff, the CEO of Centene Corp., made 396 times what an average employee at the health insurer made in fiscal year 2018, according to a recent proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association asked a court to deny UPMC's request to join a lawsuit that argues 36 BCBS insurers unlawfully conspired to divide markets and avoid competition with one another, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Twelve health insurers received letters from House Democrats requesting information about their short-term health plans, according to Bloomberg.