September 18, 2025

1. Lawmakers debut bill to bar insurers from buying medical clinics Full story

2. Justice Department sues California payer over $320M in alleged Medicaid overpayments Full story

3. Real-time payer-provider connections are reshaping transparency—see how they can reduce friction and improve collaboration. Read more

4. Elevance Health sues former executive over noncompete deal Full story

5. 2 BCBS plans join Blue Shield of California as tech platform co-founders Full story

 

6. From waitlists to warm handoffs: Banner's integrated primary care model in focus here.

7. Insurers commit to upholding vaccine coverage standards Full story

8. The best-rated Medicare Advantage plans in 2025: NCQA Full story

9. 'This is both predictable and preventable': 24 million Americans face steep premium hikes without ACA subsidy extension Full story

10. Government funding stopgap includes hospital-at-home, telehealth extensions Full story

11. House narrowly backs Trump's tariff authority Full story

 

12. Is your post-acute strategy hurting reimbursement? Payer + provider leaders share fixes here.

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13. Optum + Oracle on why prescription cost tools fail to drive savings — here.

14. Better VBC starts with risk accuracy. 4 metrics to elevate performance: here.

15. Still using last year's data to manage employee benefits? There's a better way: start here.

16. Interested in more? See Becker’s full lineup of webinars and whitepapers.

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