The contract negotiation process between providers and payers is now more complex than ever, according to Baptist Health CEO Michael Mayo. In an interview, he spoke about his health system’s recent protracted negotiation with Florida Blue — which required months of preparation, external consultants, and even a task force of board members.
The companies made their first cross-sale to Guidewell Health, the parent company of Florida Blue. Livongo’s diabetes platform will become available to 50,000 of the insurer’s members.
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The Department of Justice has weighed in on Oscar Health's side arguing that the antitrust concerns raised by the company in court should not be thrown out and backing Oscar's claims of "coercion" in the implementation of Florida Blue's exclusive broker policy.
Last year, the New York-based company sued insurer Florida Blue, a licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association over its exclusive broker policy, which it claimed was anti-competitive and reduces customer choice.
Oscar claims that the insurer's practice of pressuring local brokers from selling other com is anti-competitive and reduces customer choice.
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Florida Blue, the state’s dominant health insurer, snagged more than one in three consumers on the health law’s exchange, but many could face rate hikes as the carrier struggles with an influx of older and sicker enrollees, said the company’s top executive. Several factors could drive up rates next year —including a paucity of younger […]
Most of the consumers who bought a private health plan from Florida Blue through the Affordable Care Act’s insurance exchanges between October and April were previously uninsured — one of many factors potentially leading to higher premium rates in 2015, according to a senior executive. Jason Altmire, a former Pennsylvania congressman and now senior vice […]