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Dallas-based Staff One HR, a human resources managed services company, has partnered with Aetna, a diversified healthcare benefits company based in Hartford, Conn. Full Story
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THR, Aetna, and Texas Health Aetna Leaders Gather to Discuss Their New Joint Venture
Texas Health Resources CEO Barclay Berdan; Gary Loveman, Aetna’s vice president of consumer health and services; and newly appointed Texas Health Aetna CEO Jeff Cook sat together in a Hyatt Regency conference room Friday morning to discuss Texas Health Aetna, a new joint venture between the health system and the insurance provider. Full Story
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Acquires Membership from Tenet Subsidiary
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas has acquired certain Medicare Advantage and commercial group membership from Allegian Health Plans, a subsidiary of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare. Full Story
Baylor Links With United for Bundled Payment Pilot, While Medicare Finds Success In Its Own
UnitedHealthcare has inked a deal with Baylor University Medical Center that will allow the insurer to bundle payments for the full treatment of spine and joint conditions at the East Dallas hospital. Full Story
Texas Health and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Have Signed a New Contract
The Arlington-based hospital system’s dozens of care sites will remain in-network for plan holders of the state’s largest insurance company. The two parties agreed to terms on Thursday and signed the contract, which will last through 2018. Full Story
Texas Health, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Agree on Contract Rates, But One Hurdle Remains
Texas Health Resources and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas have agreed upon the financial details on a contract extension that would keep the Arlington system’s hospitals and affiliated physicians in-network, but a 90-day exit clause requested by Texas Health is keeping the insurance giant from signing. Full Story
Checking In On the Blue Cross Blue Shield, Texas Health Resources Contracting Impasse
More than a week has passed since the formal impasse between Texas Health Resources and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas began, which risks the hospital system with the largest market share in North Texas being out of network on the state’s largest insurance plan. And, in speaking to both sides, neither appear any closer to settling the dispute, which is reportedly over a $57 million increase requested by Texas Health. Full Story
Texas Health, Aetna Name Ascension Health Plan Executive to Head Their Joint Venture
The health plan joint venture formed between Texas Health Resources and Aetna will be helmed by Jeffrey Cook, a longtime insurance executive who comes to Arlington from the nation’s largest nonprofit health system. Full Story
Urban Institute: ACA Repeal Would Stick Hospitals With A $1.1 Trillion Bill From Uncompensated Costs
A straight repeal of the Affordable Care Act could mean that the country’s hospitals would cumulatively incur $1.1 trillion in uncompensated care costs from 2019 to 2028, according to a new report from the Urban Institute. Full Story
Tenet Reaches 3-Year Contract Agreement With Centene Corp. Health Plans
The Tenet Healthcare Corp. has reached a multi-year contract deal with St. Louis-based Centene Corp., giving its plan holders access to Tenet-owned facilities in 18 states, including Texas. Full Story