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Health insurer lobby and trade group America's Health Insurance Plans is calling on Congress to permanently extend ACA premium subsidies included with federal coronavirus relief that are set to expire at the end of the year. 

New Jersey's Medicaid program recovered $9 million in a settlement with provider Community Access Unlimited, NJ Spotlight News reported April 26. 

Salvasen Health is out of business in Texas after the state's insurance department ordered the Houston-based payer to stop selling health plans April 26.

Humana took in $930 million in net income during the first quarter and aims to continue adding Medicare Advantage members, according to its earnings report released April 27.

Lawmakers in the Kansas House and Senate have voted to delay negotiations of the state's nearly $4 billion Medicaid contracts until 2023, the Kansas Reflector reported April 26. 

Centene is updating its leadership structure, CEO Sarah London said on the company's April 26 first-quarter 2022 earnings call. 

After an Arizona family with health coverage from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas faced over $7,000 in medical bills, they headed to an out-of-network physician in Mexico to receive affordable care for their son, according to Kaiser Health News.

From an expansion of provider networks to investments in value-based health plans, these are nine recent payer partnerships and purchases:

Some payers in Colorado are being required to collect demographic data voluntarily given by network providers, including data on race, ethnicity, disability status, sexual orientation and gender identity, according to Kaiser Health News.

Proxy statements for 2021 have been filed for the nation's largest payers, including the public release of CEO salaries and compensation packages.