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Health insurance startup Oscar Health filed a motion for preliminary injunction to stop Florida Blue from enforcing a policy that Oscar said bars Orlando insurance brokers from selling any other insurance if they sell Florida Blue policies.

CVS Health and Aetna said their $69 billion deal will close after Thanksgiving, according to a Nov. 19 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The companies previously said the transaction would close before the holiday.

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System and BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee agreed to a new four-year contract, according to WRCB.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana warned members of potentially deceptive phone calls claiming to be made by the health insurer, according to myarklamiss.com.

These 15 contract resolutions and dissolutions occurred between payers and providers since Oct. 1, beginning with the most recent.

Contract negotiations between New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian and Empire BlueCross BlueShield have stalled ahead of a Dec. 31 deadline, the health system said.

The National Association of State Budget Officers reported state spending hit a record $2 trillion in fiscal 2018, thanks largely to growth in Medicaid spending, according to Reuters.

The small and medium-sized (SMB) health plan market has a broad geographical footprint.

On Nov. 6, CMS filed an appeal to a September judgment that overturned a 2014 overpayment rule for Medicare Advantage plans.

Arkansas said more than 12,000 Medicaid beneficiaries no longer have coverage because they did not comply with new work requirements, according to data cited by The Hill.