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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota's and Fairview Health Services' current network contract expires Dec. 31, after which nearly 170,000 patients could lose access to Fairview services at discounted prices, reports Star Tribune.

A proposed constitutional amendment to create a universal healthcare system in Colorado was soundly defeated Tuesday night, reports The Denver Post.

Mountlake Terrace, Wash.-based Premera Blue Cross is investing in research and technology to streamline health plan selection and utilization, reports Journal of Business.

Ninety-six percent of employers want increased healthcare provider transparency, an International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans survey found.

While individuals with employer-based health plans are evading most of the double-digit premium hikes accompanying ACA exchange plans nationwide, consumers with employer-based coverage still face about a 5 percent hike next year, reports Forbes. 

As healthcare costs and health insurance premiums ascend, Florida Blue's market president suggests a change in consumer utilization of health insurance could stabilize costs, reports WLRN.

Nevada officials chose St. Louis-based Centene to service the state's Medicaid beneficiaries effective July, pending regulatory approval.

Louisville, Ky.-based Humana partnered with telemedicine services and software provider MDLive to provide Humana Medicare Advantage members remote physician access in select Georgia and South Carolina counties.

Americans trying to gain insurance coverage through HealthCare.gov are being placed in online "waiting rooms" to avoid crashing the sign-up system, reports The Wall Street Journal.

The monetary amount of court-ordered restitution payments for insurance fraud in Kentucky increased by 800 percent in 2016, according to a recent report from the Kentucky Department of Insurance's Fraud Division.