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The Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner is receiving pushback after enacting new rules on audio-only telehealth reimbursement. 

The House of Representatives appropriations committee removed two amendments from a funding bill that would allow federally backed programs, including Medicaid, to fund abortions, according to The Washington Post. 

Anthem will provide a grant to behavioral health platform Motivo to expand access to counseling services throughout Kentucky.

Cigna has tapped Bonnie Evelyn to be market president of its Georgia and Alabama health plans. 

Health insurer Humana quietly funded 40 of Iora Health's 47 primary care clinics, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission registration statement obtained by Business Insider.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma and Tulsa, Okla.-based Saint Francis Health System are both reportedly ready to renew their contract, but still sit in their transition period without a new agreement. 

A Florida physician pleaded guilty and was convicted for defrauding Cigna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Humana out of over $17 million. 

Filings by 11 payers for rate increases in Connecticut were met with steep opposition from healthcare advocates July 12, according to the Hartford Courant.

The Alzheimer's Association joins insurers as the latest to call for CMS to implement a sweeping coverage policy for Aduhelm that would battle "barriers to appropriate and equitable access," according to a statement.

El Camino Health severed ties with Anthem after pricing disputes forced the provider to kill its contract, making it the most recent in a cast of Bay Area systems to have troubles with the insurer, according to the Mountain View…