The American College of Physicians became the latest medical group to throw its support behind "Medicare for All" and other healthcare reforms, including a public option health plan.

About 10,000 Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota customers didn't receive a required mailing packet due to a software glitch, according to the Grand Forks Herald.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC Health Plan has selected April Golenor to serve as chief Medicare officer.

The Trump administration is slated to release a guidance on Medicaid block grants, possibly in January, two people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal.

Murray (Ky.)-Calloway County Hospital and Anthem struck a contract agreement that allows Anthem members to maintain in-network status at the hospital, the organizations said Jan. 15.

Here are 10 recent articles posted by Becker's Hospital Review that concern payer-provider relationships:

Effective immediately, Cigna Medicare members can now access Crozer-Keystone Health in Chester, Pa., at in-network rates, the organizations said Jan. 16.

Negotiations between Memorial Health System in Marietta, Ohio, and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield are coming down to the wire as their contract deadline looms, according to NBC affiliate WTAP.

A Las Vegas Walgreens will be the first to house one of 14 UnitedHealthcare Medicare service centers set to open this year.

Health insurers are asking the Supreme Court to promptly review a case on the constitutionality of the ACA and uphold the law even though its individual mandate was struck down.

Some presidential candidates argue that healthcare reforms like "Medicare for All" will limit consumers' choice when it comes to health plans. In an op-ed for The New York Times, a former communications leader with Cigna argues the "choice" talking point is a "P.R. concoction" that is inaccurate and a "political ploy."

UnitedHealth Group saw its revenues just miss analysts' expectations in the fourth quarter of 2019, but the health insurance giant's Optum unit boosted profits.

The following payer executives changed their positions in the past few weeks.

Health insurers Cigna and Oscar partnered Jan. 13 to provide commercial health solutions to small businesses.

The Iowa Insurance Division gave approval to five insurers to sell short-term health plans in 2020, and is working with several others to get their plans approved, the state agency said Jan. 6.

Craig Samitt, MD, president and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and its parent company, Stella, is anxious about the trajectory of healthcare cost growth in his state.

Businesses in Montana sued Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana to recoup fees the insurer allegedly kicked back to municipal leaders as a marketing incentive, according to the Missoula Current.

Bright Health signed an agreement to acquire Universal Care, a California-based Medicare health plan, the health insurance startup announced Jan. 8.

Molina Healthcare entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all the capital stock of a Medicaid managed care organization in Illinois, the health plan said Jan. 6.

In December, 177,000 Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey members received a rebate for overcharged premiums in 2018.