Contracting News

Health Plan and Provider Contracting Developments | April 2010 | Volume Two Issue Four

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	Health Plan(s)/Partners	Provider(s)	State/Region
1	BCBS of South Carolina	Carolinas HealthCare System	South Carolina
2	Commonwealth Family Health Plan	Caritas Christi Health Care	Massachusetts
3	WellPoint Inc.	Stellaris Health Network	New York
4	Empire BlueCross BlueShield	East End Health Alliance	New York
5	Anthem BCBS	Hospital of Saint Raphael	Connecticut
6	BCBS of Western NY	American Well	New York
7	Keystone Mercy Health Plan	Crozer-Keystone Health System	Pennsylvania
8	CIGNA	Stellaris Health Network	New York
9	Blue Care Network	Sparrow Health System	Michigan

1. Bluecross Restores 9 Practices to Network
Herald Online, April 17, 2010

2. Commonwealth Family Health Plan Awarded Commonwealth Care Contract in Massachusetts
CeltiCare, April 17, 2010

3. WellPoint Unit Drops Stellaris From Network
Wall Street Journal, April 12, 2010

4. East End Health Alliance and Empire BlueCross BlueShield Reach Contract Agreement
PRNewswire, April 12, 2010

5. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and the Hospital of Saint Raphael Renew Network Agreement
PRNewswire, March 11, 2010

6. New York Insurers to Add Online Doc Visits
Healthcare IT News, March 4, 2010

7. Keystone Mercy Terminates Contract with Crozer-Keystone
The Delaware County Daily Times, March 3, 2010

8. Four Westchester Hospitals Reach Agreement with Cigna
Lo Hud, March 23, 2010

9. Blue Care Network and Sparrow Health System End Agreement for BCN to Acquire PHPMM
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, March 20, 2010

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