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While the workplace wellness industry generates $8 billion in annual revenue, a recent study found little evidence that the programs lower healthcare costs or change employee behavior within a year, according to Scientific American.

Aetna will close its mail-order prescription delivery location in Kansas City, Mo., resulting in 138 layoffs, according to the Kansas City Business Journal. This is the second site reported that Aetna will close.

The Federal Trade Commission said tens of thousands of people are still paying premiums to sham health insurer Simple Health Plans as its owner delays a hearing, according to court filings cited by the Sun Sentinel.

A judge granted Aetna Life Insurance's motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed against the insurer after it denied a former Boeing employee's disability claims, according to the St. Louis Record.

Christus Health hospitals in Texas and Louisiana are no longer in Cigna's provider network, the Irving, Texas-based health system said on its website.

Here are 10 articles recently published by Becker's Hospital Review on national and state news concerning Medicaid.

CMS gave Maryland the OK to amend its Medicaid program beginning March 18 through Dec. 31, 2021.

CMS is proposing an update to how it calculates fines imposed on Medicare Advantage plans with systemic issues that may harm beneficiaries, the agency said March 15.

Aetna will close its mail-order prescription delivery location in Plantation, Fla., resulting in 106 layoffs, according to the South Florida Sun Sentinel.

Republican-led states are ramping up their efforts alongside President Donald Trump's administration to implement Medicaid changes including work requirements, block grants and drug testing, The Wall Street Journal reports.