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The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies released a paper April 27 calling on the healthcare system to develop and adopt national industry standards for demographic data collection to address health inequities.

Gov. Gavin Newsom's commission on the feasibility of a single-payer healthcare system in California released its final report April 25, but it leaves more questions than answers, according to CalMatters.

From its founder retiring from the board of directors, to it quietly acquiring two independent primary care groups in Oregon, here are five recent headlines involving UnitedHealth:

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mississippi and University of Mississippi Medical Center have agreed to use mediation to settle their contract dispute, Mississippi Today reported April 27. 

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.