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CMS is refining its Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design model for 2018.

Six health insurers were chosen for CMS' Medicare Part D Enhanced Medication Therapy Management pilot, set to begin Jan. 1.

Nevada, Oregon and California led the nation in the largest change in uninsured rates from 2010 to 2015, a WalletHub analysis found.

Bloomington, Minn.-based HealthPartners will limit its Affordable Care Act exchange footprint in Minnesota for 2017, Star Tribune reports.  

Lexington, Ky.-based payer Baptist Health Plan will withdraw from Kentucky's 2017 individual health insurance market, Louisville Business First reports.

Tupelo-based North Mississippi Health Services severed ties with payer UnitedHealthcare and took out a full-page newspaper ad to announce the separation, Daily Journal reports.

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare dropped Humana health insurance plans following failed contract negotiations, Humana confirmed.

Health insurance co-op Minuteman Health selected insurance software startup Zipari as its provider search solution.  

Minnetonka, Minn.-based payer UnitedHealthcare released its national Medicare Advantage and Part D portfolio for 2017, with offerings expanded to more than 160 counties.

Health insurer Aetna teamed up with Jacksonville, Fla.-based providers Baptist Health and St. Vincent's HealthCare for a value-based benefit plan aimed at improving quality and cutting costs.