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A federal appellate court ruled health insurers are not owed billions of dollars in funding under the ACA's risk corridors program, according to Law360.

A federal judge has greenlighted AT&T's takeover of Time Warner, a ruling expected to spur a wave of corporate takeovers. If the decision plays out as the markets anticipate, Anthem may consider a bid for Humana, writes Bloomberg's Max Nisen…

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association can appeal claims that the way it does business may be an automatic violation of federal antitrust regulations, according to Law360.

UnitedHealth Group won a dismissal of a lawsuit accusing the health insurer of Medicare Advantage fraud, according to Reuters.

HealthEquity, a health savings trustee, discovered one of its employee's email accounts containing individuals' protected health information had been compromised due to a human error, according to HealthEquity's notice posted on Click On Detroit.

UnitedHealth Group snatched up Epic Hearing, which manages insurance benefits for a Swiss hearing aid manufacturer, March 30, according to the Star Tribune.

CMS' Innovation Center revealed June 8 that Maryland will become the first state fully at risk for the total cost of healthcare for Medicare beneficiaries.

Humana and EY Advisory outlined an "aspirational vision" for how blockchain might be able to improve maintenance of provider directories in a white paper released June 11.

Wellesley, Mass.-based Harvard Pilgrim Health Care President and CEO Eric H. Schultz resigned, effective immediately.

On average, Maryland residents face the highest unsubsidized monthly premium for the most common ACA individual marketplace plan next year, when compared to the eight other states that have released preliminary rate information so far, according to the Kaiser Family…