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Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed a bill to direct Medicaid funding to the state's community-based gun violence prevention services.

Anthem has reached a new contract agreement with Steubenville, Ohio-based Trinity Health System, WTOV reported July 27.

Humana is right behind the federal government in suing Regeneron for allegedly inflating its macular degeneration drug, Eylea, and using a "sham" charity to pay out kickbacks to cover cost-sharing obligations, according to the lawsuit. 

Humana released its second-quarter earnings results July 28 on the tails of payers still reporting a dropoff in profits. 

Anthem Blue Cross and Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health have agreed to a multiyear extension of their current contract, set to expire in 18 months.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation making California the first state to expand Medicaid eligibility to residents age 50 and older who are living in the country without legal permission.

"You can't assume that you actually know the struggles that your members face," Healthfirst CEO Pat Wang shared with Becker's July 26. "I think intellectually, we were aware of the food insecurity and other social determinants of health challenges that…

Digital health platform OneRecord has added Centene to its new insurance module, according to a July 27 news release.

Shares of CVS Health, which owns Aetna, have gone down 0.96 percent over the last month while the retail-wholesale sector has experienced a gain of 0.22 percent in the same time period, Yahoo Finance reported July 26.

Payers should be focusing on creating a healthcare "ecosystem" that supports members with convenience and preventive care, said Jaime Murillo, MD, senior vice president and chief cardiometabolic health officer of UnitedHealth Group.