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Optum will be responsible for a quarter of all health tech startup acquisitions this year, according to Venrock's "2022 Healthcare Prognosis" survey.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is partnering with Nashville, Tenn.-based Honest Medical Group for a venture they say will ease physicians' transition to value-based care for Medicare and Medicare Advantage patients. 

Fewer people lost postpartum health coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to 2019, according to a study from Brown University researchers.

SafetyWing has raised $35 million in a series B funding round to grow its health plan that offers coverage to remote employees without geographic limits, according to Grit Daily.

The Illinois General Assembly has passed legislation that expands Medicaid coverage to midwife services and to noncitizen residents ages 42 and older.

  Forty-two Democrats in Congress are calling on the Biden administration to toss short-term health plans they say pose financial risks to consumers.  

Ten providers —  including Northwestern Medicine and St. Charles Health —  recently posted job listings seeking leaders in payer contracting and relations.

Molina Healthcare of Iowa named Tim Gutshall, MD, chief medical officer April 25. 

Since 2010, 23 states have introduced a total of 49 bills to create a public health plan option within their respective marketplaces, according to a March report from the Harvard Journal on Legislation.

CMS sent a letter to Texas' Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program director April 22 to say that it would no longer work to rescind an extension of a Texas Medicaid waiver.