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After the Oklahoma Health Care Authority — the state's Medicaid agency — said Medicaid rates will likely be cut by nearly 25 percent as of June 1, leaders from the Oklahoma State Medical Association are asking physicians to consider dropping…

Amerigroup Iowa has signed an agreement with McFarland Clinic of Ames, Iowa, to give Amerigroup Medicaid members access to McFarland Clinic's physicians, specialists, laboratories and facilities across central Iowa.

Despite a lengthy dispute and negotiation process, Morehead, N.C.-based Carteret Health Care and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina have come to an agreement, according to WCTI12.com.

The following insurers made headlines this week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.

Pittsburgh-based Highmark has launched its Highmark Cancer Collaborative in the state of Pennsylvania.

Wisconsin Rep. Eric Genrich (D) and Sen. Dave Hansen (D) are attempting to take new measures to ensure the merger between Humana and Aetna doesn't result in any job losses in their state, according to Louisville Business First.

The American Medical Association has warned the California Department of Insurance that Anthem acquiring Cigna would be harmful to California's healthcare marketplace.

Newly insured individuals under the Affordable Care Act have higher rates of disease and received significantly more medical care, on average, than those who enrolled in coverage prior to 2014, when major provisions of the health law took effect, the…

The national average monthly Advance Premium Tax Credit — which makes healthcare coverage more affordable for Americans between 100 percent and 400 percent of the federal poverty line — is $272, according to data compiled by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Although Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota was struggling in 2013, it has since recuperated and seen drastic increases in capital and surplus, according to The Jamestown Sun.