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A recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine found Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts' global budget payments slowed down spending growth while improving healthcare quality — achieving what BCBS of Massachusetts' CEO referred to as the…

San Francisco's health network — which includes Zuckerberg San Francisco General — finalized its first contract with a private health plan, according to Mission Local.

New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering and Cigna signed a value-based agreement under which Memorial Sloan will share savings with Cigna if cost and quality targets are hit, according to Crain's New York Business.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma and Oklahoma City-based Integris Health inked a five-year agreement centered on value-based payments.

Bright Health, a health insurer based in Minneapolis, will expand to 13 new markets in 2020, growing its product offerings by 300 percent year over year.

Anthem's shares fell in premarket trading July 24 as the health insurer missed estimates on its medical cost ratio, which measures how much revenue goes toward members' medical claims, according to Barron's. 

Paula Steiner, president and CEO of Health Care Service Corp., will leave her position after leading the health insurer since 2016.

Americans who work in blue-collar industries like service jobs, farming, construction and transportation saw the largest health insurance gains under the ACA, according to a study published in Health Affairs.

Molina Healthcare named former Health Net leader John Kotal president of Molina Healthcare of California July 15.

 Seventy percent of Americans support Medicare as an option for anyone who wants to choose government coverage over private insurance, according to a Marist Poll in partnership with NPR and PBS NewsHour.