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CMS launched the Part D Enhanced Medication Therapy Management model Jan. 1 in five Part D regions nationwide to test the use of innovative medication therapy management programs to improve care quality and decrease costs.

While the federal government slashed the federal health insurance exchange's advertising budget by 90 percent for 2018 compared to the year prior, California's exchange is significantly investing in ads, according to Kaiser Health News.

Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth's Optum unit launched a $250 million investment fund to invest in healthcare-focused startups, Forbes reports.

UnitedHealth Group marginally raised its 2018 revenue outlook to between $223 billion and $225 billion Tuesday.

Following a lost bid to manage Delaware's Medicaid program, UnitedHealth Group will lay off 138 employees, The News Journal reports.

Humana amended its executive severance policy in the event a change in company ownership occurs, Insider Louisville reports.

Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare signed an in-network agreement with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois Nov. 22.

Although Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare and Anthem resolved their dispute, Connecticut lawmakers are seeking information on how the impasse affected residents, according to the Hartford Courant.

From a healthcare consumer perspective, it increasingly strikes one that the healthcare insurance market is a story of haves and have-nots.

Established in 2006, the Massachusetts Health Connecter was the nation's first health exchange. It was created as the cornerstone of the state's 2006 healthcare reform law, which helped reduce Massachusetts' uninsured rates to the lowest in the U.S. and later…