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Insurers are trying to prepare to meet deadlines to submit premium rates for 2018 amid an uncertain political climate, reports NPR.

Medicaid enrollees receive better or similar care as the uninsured and privately insured, suggests a recent study from The Commonwealth Fund.

A California single-payer healthcare bill is one step closer to passage after approval from the Senate Health Committee, according to a Los Angeles Times report.

Fifty-eight percent of reimbursements from Indianapolis-based Anthem are linked to value-based care models, 75 percent of which are shared savings, shared risk and population-based payment models, Anthem CEO Joseph Swedish said on the first-quarter earnings call this week, according to…

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota reached a settlement to pay back $328,000 in surprise medical fees, in addition to a $45,000 fine to the Minnesota Department of Commerce, according to Star Tribune.

Indianapolis-based Anthem reported a 43.7 percent increase in net income to $1.01 billion in the first quarter of 2017 compared to the same period last year.

Indianapolis-based Anthem named Hongmai (Mai) Pham, MD, vice president of provider alignment solutions beginning in May.

Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic became an in-network provider for Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna.

Indianapolis-based Anthem moved to block Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna from ending their $54 billion merger agreement on April 30, when the contract is set to expire, according to a Law360 report.

St. Louis-based Centene saw net earnings rebound from a $16 million loss in the first quarter of 2016 to a $139 million surplus in the first quarter of this year.