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Oregon officials have created a task force aiming to keep insurance for tens of thousands of state residents who could lose Medicaid coverage when the federal health emergency ends, according to the Oregon Capital Chronicle.  

Sunshine State Health Plan, a subsidiary of Centene based in Tampa, Fla., must pay a $9.1 million fine after the deadline to challenge it lapsed, according to WTSP.

The Colorado Division of Insurance has fined Bright Health $1 million after the regulator said it received more than 100 consumer and healthcare provider complaints since 2021 that indicated systemic operational problems. 

UnitedHealth Group is investing $100 million to build affordable housing, starting in Georgia, North Carolina and Oregon, with additional locations to be named in the coming months, the healthcare company said last week. 

A Connecticut medical practice is suing Centene for allegedly violating state and federal law by failing to reimburse it for COVID-19 testing services.

Maine Medical Center's plan to leave Anthem's insurance network in January could cause a significant disruption to the state's health insurance markets and has spurred an investigation into the payer's payment practices, according to the Portland Press Herald.

The Pennsylvania Insurance Department has ended a 1969 ban on payers collecting race and ethnicity data from members.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation April 8 that bans payers from altering health coverage policies of organ donors, according to WFLA.

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association has named Erin Barney as vice president of network solutions, effective immediately.

The CMS decision to limit coverage of a controversial new Alzheimer's drug was a "triumph of the scientific process," Arthur Caplan, PhD, who directs the medical ethics division of NYU Grossman's School of Medicine, said in an April 10 Washington…