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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina CEO Patrick Conway, MD, resigned Sept. 26 after details emerged about an allegedly alcohol-related car crash in June, according to The Wall Street Journal.

CMS Administrator Seema Verma warned insurers at an industry conference that if they don't listen to patients' demands for a more transparent and affordable system, they face extinction.

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.