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The Internal Revenue Service increased the limits for HSAs, according to Forbes.

Chattanooga-based BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee will resume selling individual health plans in the Knoxville area following its retraction from the market in 2017, according to a Times Free Press report. 

Dayton, Ohio-based Premier Health and Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealthcare settled an in-network contract for Medicare Advantage policyholders through the end of 2017, but the parties have yet to negotiate terms for individual and employer-based health plans, Dayton Daily News reports.

Indianapolis-based Anthem requested an additional 60 days to gain approval for its merger with Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna, in an effort to stop Cigna from ditching the deal and collecting a $1.85 billion break-up fee, Reuters reports.

The American Health Care Act may result in different health benefit regulations among states, leading to widening divergence between health insurers' operating strategies and financial results, according to Fitch Ratings.

Tucson, Ariz.-based Northwest Healthcare reached a network agreement with Minnetonka, Minn.-based insurer UnitedHealthcare.

Maryland insurers are looking to significantly increase rates for individual health plans sold on the state's ACA exchange in 2018, reports The Baltimore Sun.

Anthem filed a petition Friday calling for a U.S. Supreme Court review of a decision made by the U.S. Court of Appeals denying a $54 billion merger between Indianapolis-based Anthem and Hartford, Conn.-based Cigna.

Most counties in Iowa could have no insurers selling plans on the state's 2018 ACA health insurance exchanges, reports The Washington Post.

Humana reported net income of $1.12 billion in the first quarter of fiscal year 2017, up from $254 million in the same period of the year prior.