1. Anthem is making investments in data, analytics, blockchain and artificial intelligence that the health insurer expects will one day lower costs and improve member outcomes.
2. Murray (Ky.)-Calloway County Hospital terminated its contract with Anthem and is attempting to negotiate a new one with the health insurer before a February deadline.
3. Anthem Blue Cross in California was slapped with $9.6 million in fines from January 2014 through November 2019.
4. Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield mistakenly listed WellStar Medical Group, the physician group of Marietta, Ga.-based WellStar Health System, as a network provider for its ACA marketplace plan, despite a long dispute.
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