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CMS is continuing to use discretion on enforcing payer data exchange guidelines introduced in a May 2020 interoperability rule, HHS stated in a Dec. 7 notice. 

As part of an effort to expand renal care coordination, tech company Clover Health is entering a value-based agreement with San Francisco, Calif.-based specialty kidney care provider Cricket Health.

A Dec. 9 CMS update showed that 4.6 million Americans so far have signed up for health insurance coverage through ACA marketplaces, with 95 percent of beneficiaries receiving some sort of tax credit.  

Dayton, Ohio-based managed care organization CareSource announced a partnership with TrueCare, a Mississippi provider-sponsored health plan, that would allow the parties to better support Mississippi Medicaid beneficiaries. 

Oscar Health is bringing Philadelphia-based Temple Health into its provider network, the payer announced Dec. 8. 

Bright HealthCare is partnering with human resources company Mineral to offer human resource and compliance tools to employers alongside health coverage, the companies announced Dec. 8. 

Silver level health insurance plans on the ACA marketplace will cost Americans an average of 3.1 percent less in 2022 compared to 2021, but actual premium prices will vary widely depending on location and income level, according to a Kaiser…

Florida Blue, the state's Blue Cross Blue Shield plan, committed to reducing its carbon footprint by 50 percent by making its facilities entirely powered by solar energy, the payer announced Dec. 2. 

Bright Health Group is expecting between $6.3 billion and $6.5 billion in revenue in 2022, which would reflect a 50 percent year-over-year growth, according to a Dec. 7 news release. 

Cigna announced Dec. 8 that Katya Andresen will be stepping in as the payer's new chief digital officer.