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1. Maryland sues UnitedHealth for $380M over Medicaid administration issues Full story
2. Federal court denies Elevance’s bid for emergency 2026 star ratings recalculation Full story
3. Fee-for-service isn’t going away quietly. Becker’s Value-Based Care Report tracks what’s replacing it. Tuesdays, 9 a.m. Subscribe here.
4. California prior authorization bill heads to governor’s desk Full story
5. ‘Fundamentally different priorities’: Florida system to go out of network for UnitedHealthcare members Full story

6. Highmark turned employer reporting into a competitive edge. This webinar shows how. Sign up in one click.
7. Blue Shield of California names COO Full story
8. Cigna’s ‘industry-first’ supplemental play ties cash benefits to medical claims Full story
9. Medicare’s GLP-1 program gains traction at major pharmacies Full story
10. Medi-Cal enrollment drops by 730,000 Full story
11. Arkansas BCBS, CommonSpirit’s CHI St. Vincent near contract deadline Full story

12. Coordination alone won’t fix cancer costs. Evry Health’s CMO on what will here.
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13. Governed AI agents can raise audit hit rates at scale. Learn how here.
14. Telligen is rebuilding medical necessity review with AI and clinical oversight here.
15. 72 fewer surgeries per 1,000 members. See how a digital MSK program did it here.
16. Becker’s late-August webinar lineup: patient safety, referral intake, AI trust and supply chain data. See the sessions here.
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