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Blue Cross lawsuit: State contract review was 'legally flawed'

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska wants to void a contract the state awarded last month to UnitedHealth to administer health insurance for state employees. In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, Blue Cross

Molina protests $1.1B 'illegal' Medicaid contract

Molina Healthcare is protesting a billion dollar contract to manage Missouri's Medicaid services that it lost to a rival insurer, claiming state officials took steps to artificially limit

Insurers receive $600M no-bid contracts for Medicaid program

West Virginia officials plan to enter into nearly $600 million worth of no-bid contracts with three health insurance companies, but critics warn the arrangement could cost the state millions of

Do your hospital contracts require their own dictionary?

Last week, Kerry McDonald , a health plan veteran and CEO at the New York-area consulting firm Strategic Healthcare Alliances LLC, shared the first of two basic steps required to improve contract

Hospitals to see more contract pressures from commercial insurers

Health reform will result in "enormous pressure on the provider contracting side" in the commercial health insurance market, predicted Pamela Sedmak, senior vice president and CFO at Blue Cross and

AMA launches first managed care tool designed for physicians

The American Medical Association yesterday launched its new National Managed Care Contract, a first of its kind online resource and database to help physicians analyze and improve managed care