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CMS officials began inspecting a hospital in the Virgin Islands Sunday following reports of emergency room staff shortages and equipment failures, The Virgin Islands Consortium reported.

Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna will open its 24/7 telephone help line to anyone affected by the shooting at Orlando, Fla.-based LGBT nightclub Pulse.

The federal government is sharing awards totaling $32 million with 27 states to help efforts to enroll children in Medicaid and CHIP.

Effective Aug. 1, Dayton, Ohio-based CareSource will cease paying Premier Health hospitals for most services insured under its Just4Me health plans, Dayton Daily News reported.

A recent HHS analysis reported the Affordable Care Act dramatically benefited residents in rural America through its Health Insurance Marketplace, tax credits that keep coverage affordable and other coverage reforms included in the law, like the elimination of exclusions based…

Former HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius discussed possible consequences of Anthem-Cigna and Aetna-Humana mergers last week with the International Business Times, raising questions about how the deals would affect consumers.

Canopy Health Insurance, an insurer targeting individual enrollees, will partner with Brooklyn, N.Y.-based insurance software startup Zipari.

The state of Louisiana saw 200,000 new Medicaid enrollees during its first week of the program's expanded eligibility, The Advocate reported.

Boston-based John Hancock Financial will hike rates for plans covering individuals' in-home and nursing home care by about 20 percent, The Boston Globe reported.

Roughly 5,000 Assister Programs helped Americans select plans and apply for financial subsidies during the Affordable Care Act's third open enrollment period, according to a 2016 Kaiser Family Foundation survey.