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'Medicare for All' shot down in AMA vote | Humana warns 5,500 members of data breach | CMS finds serious deficiencies at MD Anderson | CVS stock slides on report judge will squash Aetna deal

June 12, 2019 AMA votes against 'Medicare for All' Full story CMS finds serious deficiencies at MD Anderson Full story BCBS' administrative costs increased 5.5% per member in 2018 Full story The perils and pitfalls of…

Humana, Epic partner | Medical cost-sharing ministries see surge in revenue, members — and complaints | 10 updates on payer-provider relations | Henry Ford's insurer buys 9,000-member plan

June 11, 2019 Healthcare-sharing ministries' revenue, members — and complaints — surge Full story Epic and Humana partner: 5 things to know Full story UnitedHealth, private equity firm likely buyers in $1.6B Magellan deal Full story …

Anthem to buy behavioral health provider with 36M patients | State-by-state breakdown of largest commercial, MA payers | 5 updates from the CVS-Aetna hearings | 'Medicare for All' gaining support from small business CEOs

June 10, 2019 Anthem to buy one of nation's biggest behavioral health providers Full story Insurers can still drop patients with little warning Full story 'Medicare for All' gaining traction among small business CEOs Full story …

Medicare termination forces Ky. hospital to halve workforce | Payers & providers, watch out: Patients want a spot at the negotiating table | UPMC backpedals on prepay policy | Q&A: Allina Health | Tom Lindquist, CEO of Allina-Aetna, on JV's first year

June 6, 2019 Medicare termination forces Kentucky hospital to cut workforce by half Full story UPMC backpedals on controversial prepayment policy Full story Ex-Mount Carmel physician charged with murder of 25 patients Full story Cleveland Sight…

BCBS Association CEO to retire | Optum won't build hospitals, UnitedHealth CEO says | 10 biggest health plans by covered lives | Hospitals can't challenge Medicare payment methodology, court rules

June 5, 2019 BCBS Association CEO to retire Full story Hospitals can't challenge Medicare payment methodology, court rules Full story 10 biggest health plans by number of members Full story How to bring practical innovation to…

UnitedHealth to Supreme Court: Back controversial billing method | Humana CMO on strategy, 'Medicare for All' and home care as healthcare's Netflix | 10 best, worst states for jobs | Rutgers, Horizon BCBS partner

June 4, 2019 CMO Dr. William Shrank on Humana's physician strategy, 'Medicare for All' and home care as the Netflix of health insurance Full story UnitedHealth to SCOTUS: Back controversial billing method Full story CVS to open…

BCBS Association wants federal ban on balance billing | Humana dispels rumors of Centene takeover | Supreme Court sides with hospitals in multibillion-dollar payment dispute | CVS builds defense for Aetna deal

June 3, 2019 Supreme Court sides with hospitals in multibillion-dollar payment dispute Full story Blue Cross Blue Shield Association calls for federal ban on balance billing Full story Humana: Centene deal not in future Full story …

Cigna CEO's threat to leave Conn. derailed public option, official says | Tenn. hospital to lose Medicare contract | Passport Health sells majority stake | 'Beyond horrifying': UNC continued surgeries as cardiologists warned of problems

May 30, 2019 Cigna CEO's threat to leave Connecticut derailed public option, state official says Full story 'Beyond horrifying': Cardiologists warned UNC Children's of heart program issues Full story Tennessee hospital to lose Medicare contract Full story…

CMS terminates Ky. hospital's Medicare contract | Meet the 173 members of AHIP | Ill. system resorting to liens instead of billing insurance: lawsuit | 'Burnout' gets ICD-11 code

May 29, 2019 CMS terminates Kentucky hospital's Medicare contract Full story Class-action accuses Illinois health system of placing liens instead of billing patient insurance Full story Beaumont's CIN to terminate contract with 2,500-member physician group Full story…

UnitedHealth hasn't closed $4B DaVita deal | Trump is drafting order to force healthcare cost disclosures | Centene should consider selling itself, activist fund says | Deadline to apply for CMS navigator funding: July 22

May 28, 2019 Trump is drafting order to force healthcare cost disclosures, Wall Street Journal reports Full story Hedge fund with $300M stake in Centene wants insurer to mull sale Full story Price variation leads to significant…