Becker's Hospital Review reported these 92 contract resolutions and dissolutions between payers and providers this year, beginning with the most recent.
- New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health signed an agreement with Cigna to maintain their 20-year network relationship.
- Fishersville, Va.-based Augusta Health has yet to finalize a deal with Anthem BlueCross BlueShield.
- Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health System rejoined Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina's provider network, effective Dec. 15.
- Bronx, N.Y.-based Montefiore Health System will go out of network with UnitedHealthcare's Medicare Advantage plans Dec. 31.
- UnitedHealthcare added Iora Health's Hanover, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health Connect primary care physicians to its provider network.
- Anthem entered the Colorado Community Health Alliance, a care model integrating behavioral and physical healthcare for Medicaid beneficiaries.
- New Brunswick, N.J.-based Saint Peter's University Hospital filed a motion to supplement its complaint against Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey's tiered provider network.
- Tacoma, Wash.-based CHI Franciscan Health and Humana collaborated on a value-based care payment model for the payer's Medicare Advantage members in Washington state.
- Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare signed an in-network agreement with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois Nov. 22.
- West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health notified about 54,000 patients it may end its contract with Amerigroup of Iowa, one of two insurers managing Medicaid coverage in the state.
- Cincinnati-based Mercy Health's The Jewish Hospital-Mercy Health, located in a Cincinnati suburb, joined Anthem's Medicare Advantage provider network.
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas members gained in-network access to Amarillo-based Northwest Texas Health System facilities under a new contract.
- Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth and Kaiser Permanente Northwest collaborated on healthcare delivery and coverage in Lane County, Ore.
- Cleveland Clinic and CareSource agreed to a long-term contract.
- Four rural Oklahoma hospitals sued Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma for allegedly breaching contract amid an ongoing rate dispute.
- Piedmont Healthcare in Atlanta will offer Kaiser Permanente health plan members in-network access to all facilities under a new contract.
- Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Health System unveiled a Medicare Advantage plan with Aetna Oct. 25.
- Boulder (Colo.) Medical Center and Humana launched a value-based healthcare delivery model for Humana Medicare Advantage policyholders in Colorado.
- Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Ohio added University of Cincinnati Medical Center to its Medicare Advantage provider network.
- Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center signed an agreement granting in-network status to Cigna policyholders buying coverage on the 2018 ACA exchange.
- Cleveland Clinic linked up with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Ohio to offer a Medicare Advantage plan.
- Tower Health in West Reading, Pa. — formerly Reading Health System — and Independence Blue Cross inkeda three-year contract.
- Two Boston-based Iora Health primary care practices joined Humana's Medicare Advantage network in Arizona.
- Humana added Community Care Physicians in Latham, N.Y., to its value-based Medicare Advantage network.
- Detroit Medical Center and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan will collaborate on a value-based reimbursement model for the eight-hospital system.
- Members of Aetna will maintain in-network access to Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare after the payer and provider renewed a contract set to expire in three months.
- Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health and HealthPartners, a health plan managing government insurance, will launch Medicare plans in North Dakota and South Dakota effective Jan. 1.
- Cleveland Clinic and Humana created two Medicare Advantage plans for patients in Ohio's Cuyahoga County.
- Abilene, Texas-based Hendrick Health System is disputing its contract with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas.
- Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network, a Nashville, Tenn.-based organization of physicians, health systems and employers, rolled out an accountable care product with Aetna.
- Medical Group of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg will participate in Highmark Blue Shield's value-based reimbursement model.
- Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic Health System providers in Wisconsin and Minnesota are now considered in-network for Security Health Plan policyholders.
- New Orleans-based Ochsner Health System and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana partnered to provide a joint health plan.
- Jersey City, N.J.-based CarePoint Health and Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield resolved a more than 2-year-old contract dispute and $76 million lawsuit over billing.
- Managed care company WellCare of North Carolina, a subsidiary of WellCare Health Plans, added Mission Health System to its provider network Aug. 28.
- Oklahoma City-based Integris Health and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma eluded an Aug. 31 contract termination.
- Fountain Valley, Calif.-based MemorialCare Health System reached a definitive agreement to network with Anthem Blue Cross after cutting ties Aug. 15.
- Chambersburg, Pa.-based Summit Health and Humana contracted to allow Humana's Medicare customers in-network access to Summit Health's facilities and providers.
- Annapolis, Md.-based Anne Arundel Medical Center and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield inked a three-year in-network contract Aug. 4.
- Kingston, N.Y.-based HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley and Empire BlueCross BlueShield resolved a dispute ongoing since May 2016.
- Mission Health System and Aetna inked a multiyear contract effective Oct. 1.
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center and UnitedHealthcare negotiated an in-network agreement.
- Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed members gained in-network access to all Cleveland-based University Hospitals facilities and providers for the first time in 20 years.
- Renaissance Physicians Organization entered a risk-based contract with Amerigroup, covering individuals with an Amerigroup Medicare Advantage plan in the Houston area.
- Mission Health System and Cigna inked a multiyear contract effective Sept. 1.
- Cleveland Clinic-affiliated Ashtabula (Ohio) County Medical Center extended its agreement with CareSource.
- Edgewood, Ky.-based St. Elizabeth Healthcare and WellCare entered a value-based care contract to improve health outcomes of Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries.
- Missouri Care, part of WellCare, signed a contract with St. Louis-based SSM Health including in-network access for Missouri Care's HealthNet managed care members.
- St. Charles, Mo.-based Mercy patients with health insurance through Anthem will be able to access Mercy providers at in-network prices beginning Jan. 1, 2018.
- Mississippi Affiliated Health Network, a 13-hospital physician-led network in Jackson, aligned with Aetna for an integrated care delivery model.
- Minneapolis-based Children's Minnesota and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota reached a deal July 7, saving 66,000 patients from paying out-of-network rates.
- Four hospitals recently acquired by Harrisburg, Pa.-based PinnacleHealth from Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Heath Systems will stay in Capital BlueCross' provider network.
- CHI Health and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska, both based in Omaha, struck a three-year agreement on reimbursement rates.
- St. Paul, Minn.-based Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota struck a three-year contract extension.
- Midland (Texas) Memorial Hospital and Aetna will continue in-network access for Aetna members at Midland Memorial facilities.
- UnitedHealthcare and University of Chicago Medicine reached an agreement to keep the medical center and its physicians in the insurer's network.
- Saint Francis Muskogee (Okla.) and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma are back in network after terminating their interim in-network agreement June 1.
- Varnville, S.C.-based Hampton Regional Medical Center inked a network contract with UnitedHealthcare.
- Cleveland Clinic will offer a joint health plan with Oscar Health, marking the clinic's entrance into the health insurance market and Oscar's expansion into Ohio.
- Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health and Aetna will offer a jointly-owned health plan to residents in Northern California next year.
- St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital is back in network with UnitedHealthcare following the termination of their contract May 11.
- King of Prussia, Pa.-based Recovery Centers of America, a provider of addiction treatment services, inked a coverage agreement with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts for its Danvers, Mass.-based Boston Center for Addiction Treatment.
- Dayton, Ohio-based Premier Health and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield signed a value-based contract for services offered in the state's Miami Valley.
- Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare and Humana amended their multiyear provider network agreement June 1.
- Huntingdon Valley, Pa.-based Holy Redeemer Health System and Independence Blue Cross inked a three-year agreement to maintain in-network services at the health system for Independence policyholders.
- Tupelo-based North Mississippi Health Services signed a three-year contract with UnitedHealthcare before the parties' temporary agreement expired May 31.
- Carrollton, Mo.-based Carroll County Memorial Hospital and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kentucky extended their network agreement to include the insurer's health maintenance organization and preferred provider organization plans.
- Memphis, Tenn.-based Saint Francis Healthcare and Humana inked a provider network agreement after going out of network with each other in October 2016.
- San Francisco-based Dignity Health's Arizona hospitals are no longer in Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Health Net's network following unresolved disputes about reimbursement rates.
- Huntsville (Ala.) Hospital Health System extended its relationship with UnitedHealthcare to include Medicare Advantage policyholders.
- Tucson, Ariz.-based Northwest Healthcare reached a network agreement with UnitedHealthcare.
- Memphis, Tenn.-based Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp. will replace Memphis-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare as an in-network hospital in BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee's Network S.
- Hartford HealthCare and UnitedHealthcare signed a two-year provider network agreement.
- West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health and Aetna signed an agreement to continue in-network care for Aetna members at RWJBarnabas hospitals and physician facilities.
- Little Rock, Ark.-based CHI St. Vincent, part of Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives, settled a contract dispute with UnitedHealthcare.
- Independence Blue Cross and Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania Health System contracted to share responsibility for quality and care costs.
- Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network and Humana entered a four-year value-based agreement.
- Anthem BlueCross BlueShield in Colorado and Centennial, Colo.-based Centura Health reached a contract agreement March 30.
- Philadelphia-based Temple University Health System and Independence Blue Cross agreed to extend their contract 18 months, effective at the beginning of 2017.
- Grand Island, Neb.-based CHI Health, part of Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives, entered Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska's Medicare Advantage network April 1.
- Chickasha, Okla.-based Grady Memorial Hospital reached a preferred provider organization agreement with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma.
- Idaho Falls-based Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center and Blue Cross of Idaho signed a contract in March to provide in-network coverage to certain BCBSI policyholders seeking emergency and referred services at the medical center.
- Tenet Healthcare inked a multiyear contract with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas ahead of the agreement's April 15 termination date.
- Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and Humana inked an agreement to allow the insurer's Medicare Advantage members to access the health system at in-network rates.
- Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare Services will remain in-network with Anthem Blue Cross after backtracking on plans to end its contract with the insurer hours after the decision was publicized.
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota reached a separate contract with each of Duluth, Minn.-based Integrity Health Network's 20 affiliated clinics, avoiding the clinics' scheduled Feb. 1 exit from the insurer's provider network.
- Priority Health and Flint, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care agreed to add McLaren hospitals and physicians to Priority Health's network.
- Atlanta-based Grady Health System and Aetna agreed to a new contract to keep all Grady hospitals and physicians in Aetna's network.
- Aetna and a physicians group at the University of Maryland in College Park agreed to coordinate patient care to enhance patient outcomes while reducing healthcare expenses.
- BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York and Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, N.Y., reached a three-year agreement to continue in-network access to the institute and its affiliated physicians for the insurer's policyholders.
- Boca Raton (Fla.) Regional Hospital and Humana renewed their contract, allowing Humana policyholders to access the hospital's services at discounted rates.
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida networked with Retreat Premier Addiction Treatment Centers in Palm Springs, Fla., to provide policyholders access to addiction treatment services.
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