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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…

Republican Vermont Gov. Phil Scott signed a bill into law mandating residents buy health insurance beginning in 2020, according to the VTDigger.

An in-network contract between Mishawaka, Ind.-based Saint Joseph Health System and Anthem is slated to expire June 30 unless the organizations can negotiate a new agreement, according to the South Bend Tribune.

Although Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger President and CEO David T. Feinberg, MD, declined a chance to become the chief executive of a healthcare venture launched by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase, the possibility of someone like him running the company…

UnitedHealthcare, the insurance arm of UnitedHealth Group, will acquire Peoples Health, a Metairie, La.-based Medicare Advantage plan, for an undisclosed amount, according to The New Orleans Advocate.

A third-party claims reviewer for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois discovered one of its physician peer reviewers was using someone else's identity, according to a sample letter posted on the Office of the Vermont Attorney General's website.

During the 2018 coverage period, 48 percent of health insurers selling qualified health plans through the ACA marketplace also offered Medicaid managed care coverage within the same state, according to an analysis from the Association for Community Affiliated Health Plans.