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Eight updates on Aetna to know in July:

Reps. Steven Horsford, D-Nev. and Robin Kelly, D-Ill., co-authored a bill that would allow Medicare Part B to cover most dental services.

Physicians are holding their breath for when public health emergency orders are lifted, as it could mean a significant dropoff in telehealth coverage for Medicare and Medicaid patients.

Nearly half of Puerto Rico's population could lose health coverage without additional Medicaid funding from Congress, ABC News reported July 22.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana members covered by an integrated "carved-in" pharmacy benefit experience slower growth in medical spending compared to those whose pharmacy benefits are separate from their plans, according to a study published by the American…

A contract dispute between BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee and Chattanooga, Tenn.-based CHI Memorial Health Care System could leave thousands of state residents without in-network coverage, according to a Chattanooga Times Free Press article on Yahoo's website. 

A district judge dismissed a pair of lawsuits from Humana and Centene against Indivior over alleged attempts to suppress competition of Suboxone, its opioid recovery drug. 

American Indian and Alaska Native populations have seen a 16 percentage point decrease in their uninsured rate, but still remain the least insured demographic, according to an Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation study. 

AmeriHealth Caritas has 5 million Medicaid, Medicare and Children's Health Insurance Program members across 13 states and Washington, D.C., according to its website.

Part of delivering quality care is delivering quality information, and that's an initiative that is continuing to blossom, said Steve Anderson, vice president of provider contracting and network administration at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.