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CMS rejected Kansas' proposal to cap Medicaid benefits to three years in a lifetime, according to The Hill.

Health insurers selling policies on the ACA's marketplace proposed to raise premiums by an average 30 percent for 2019, according to The Washington Post.

A patient's journey through the American healthcare system is difficult to map. However, there is one experience most patients will certainly face: a disconnected and often oppositional relationship between their health insurer and provider.  

Below are three quotes on how health plans are investing their IT dollars from Shashi Yadiki, president of health plans for NTT DATA.

Richmond, Va.-based Bon Secours Health System partnered with VCU Health, also in Richmond, and its subsidiary health plan to offer individual policies on Virginia's ACA health insurance exchange.

Denver-based Children's Hospital Colorado partnered with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield to pilot a hospital incentive program based on clinical quality outcomes.

Aetna is selling its health information exchange vendor Medicity to Health Catalyst, according to a HIStalk post.

Cigna CEO David Cordani told CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" the payer's proposed $54 billion bid for Express Scripts is combining two complementary companies and won't hurt consumers.

The health insurance industry's five largest payers reported solid earnings for the three months ended March 31 in fiscal year 2018.

Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center may terminate a contract with Blue Cross and Blue Shield inked in 1990, according to the Clarion Ledger.