Here are 10 lawsuits involving commercial and government payers posted by Becker's Hospital Review in the past month.

Roughly 15,600 older adults died prematurely from 2014-17 in states that didn't expand Medicaid under the ACA, according to a report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a progressive think tank.

All but one of seven large commercial payers reported growth in their Medicare Advantage and other private Medicare membership in the third quarter of fiscal year 2019.

Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan and L.A. Care Health Plan will open their first jointly operated community resource center in December, the organizations said Nov. 6.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois broke ground on its new center on Chicago's South Side Nov. 6.

UnitedHealthcare is facing another lawsuit that alleges the health insurer discriminated against members who received mental health services, according to The Recorder.

In September, Banner-University Health Plans, the managed Medicaid organization of Phoenix-based Banner Health, debuted a care coordination platform to safely share data between physicians and behavioral health providers caring for some of the state's most vulnerable patients.

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

The University of Iowa Health Care in Iowa City will be considered an in-network provider for Medicare patients with health insurance through HealthPartners UnityPoint Health's health plan, according to The Gazette.

Medicaid work requirements will be among the first to go after apparent Kentucky Gov.-elect Andy Beshear, a Democrat, takes office, according to CNBC.

Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, a Houston-based network of more than 400 physicians, will once again be a part of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas' provider network, the organizations said Nov. 6.

Humana said layoffs projected to affect more than 800 employees nationwide will cost the insurer $46 million. 

Medical cost ratio, which measures how much of an insurer's revenue goes toward medical claims, is a number investors frequently scrutinize when analyzing an insurer's financial performance.

Almost 8 in 10 health insurance consumers who purchased their health plan through eHealth's private online marketplace shopped for coverage, according to a survey from the platform.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina is focusing on strategies that use machine learning and artificial intelligence to share patient data with providers and other healthcare professionals, according to The Herald Sun.

Anthem, Centene, Cigna, Humana, UnitedHealth Group and WellCare Health Plans all reported higher profits in the third quarter of fiscal year 2019. At the same time, Molina Healthcare saw profits decline, while Aetna boosted CVS Health's performance.

UnitedHealth Group appointed a new member to its C-level leadership team, according to the Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal.

Nearly half of employers see curbing healthcare benefit spending as a top priority for 2020; however, only 10 percent ranked managing employees' share of healthcare costs the same way, according to a survey published by telemedicine provider First Stop Health.

Humana saw its revenues and profits increase in the third quarter of fiscal year 2019 thanks in part to continued growth in its Medicare Advantage business.

Florida Blue will be offering its more than 1 million ACA exchange plan members transportation to their physician visits through a new partnership with Lyft.