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Two hospitals under Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare went out of network with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois Feb. 1. As a result, some patients are postponing surgeries, The News-Gazette reports.

Several states are asking President Donald Trump's administration to grant waivers imposing lifetime Medicaid coverage caps on beneficiaries, according to McClatchy.

Cigna President and CEO David Cordani said Feb. 1 the insurer, as one of JPMorgan Chase's service partners, will still be involved with the financial services firm's health needs despite JPMorgan's recent healthcare announcement, according to CNBC.

While Centene Corp. saw increased revenue in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2017, the health insurer reported a dip in net income.

Anthem will contribute $1,000 to the 401(k) accounts of its 58,000-plus employees and recent retirees, the insurer said Monday.

Walt Disney Co. has contracted directly with Orlando (Fla.) Health, which owns six acute care hospitals, and Florida Hospital in Orlando, which has more than 20 campuses, to roll out two insurance plans for Disney employees in central Florida, according…

Fishersville, Va.-based Augusta Health executives will speak about the hospital's ongoing dispute with Anthem during a meeting sponsored by state lawmakers, the News Leader reports.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina's CEO Patrick Conway, MD, said he hopes a recently mended relationship between the insurer and Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health System will last for decades, the Citizen Times reports.

Molina Healthcare of New Mexico filed a lawsuit against the New Mexico Human Services Department over a lost bid to manage the state's Medicaid program, the Santa Fe New Mexican reports.

All six of the top Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans improved their profit margins in the third quarter of 2017 compared to the same period a year prior, according to a Mark Farrah Associates analysis.