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The Internal Revenue Service increased the limits for HSAs, according to Forbes.

Chattanooga-based BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee will resume selling individual health plans in the Knoxville area following its retraction from the market in 2017, according to a Times Free Press report. 

Dayton, Ohio-based Premier Health and Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealthcare settled an in-network contract for Medicare Advantage policyholders through the end of 2017, but the parties have yet to negotiate terms for individual and employer-based health plans, Dayton Daily News reports.

Indianapolis-based Anthem requested an additional 60 days to gain approval for its merger with Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna, in an effort to stop Cigna from ditching the deal and collecting a $1.85 billion break-up fee, Reuters reports.

The American Health Care Act may result in different health benefit regulations among states, leading to widening divergence between health insurers' operating strategies and financial results, according to Fitch Ratings.

Anthem filed a petition Friday calling for a U.S. Supreme Court review of a decision made by the U.S. Court of Appeals denying a $54 billion merger between Indianapolis-based Anthem and Hartford, Conn.-based Cigna.

About 9,500 Florida Blue customers were affected by a processing glitch that caused them to be charged for the same bill multiple times, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

Long Beach, Calif.-based Molina Healthcare's board of directors has fired longtime CEO J. Mario Molina, MD, and his brother John Molina, the company's CFO. 

Unable to resolve their impasse before their contract expired May 1, UnitedHealthcare patients will have to pay out-of-pocket for care services at Northwest Healthcare facilities, according to KGUN-9 News.

Tampa, Fla.-based WellCare Health Plans completed its $800 million acquisition of White Plains, N.Y.-based Universal American.