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If all physicians caring for Medicare fee-for-service patients meet certain national cost and quality benchmarks, Medicare would save about $287 billion across the next decade, according to a brief published by UnitedHealth Group. 

Cambia Health Solutions and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina put their proposed combination on hold after more information surfaced about the arrest of BCBSNC's CEO, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Here are 10 updates on Humana's recent expansions, business decisions and lawsuits reported by Becker's Hospital Review in the past few months.

Premiums for Medicare Advantage plans are slated to drop 23 percent from 2018, CMS said Sept. 24.

Aetna is accusing North Carolina of unfairly awarding Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina a bid to help manage its new Medicaid program, according to local news station WRAL.

A judge dismissed with prejudice a lawsuit filed by Oscar Health against Florida Blue, which accused Florida Blue of using anticompetitive tactics to reel in members.

While Anthem has posted impressive earnings in the first two quarters of 2019 and raised its guidance twice, investors are questioning Anthem's efficiency as its medical cost ratio grows, according to Seeking Alpha.

Humana has a new space dedicated to digital health in Boston, according to CNBC.

Humana named Karen Katz, former president and CEO of retailer Neiman Marcus Group, to its board of directors.

UnitedHealth Group will offer a Medicare Advantage plan to more than 63,000 Medicare beneficiaries in California, the insurer said Sept. 20.