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Optum buys Advisory Board's healthcare arm in $1.3B deal | Northwell Health to shut down insurance business | How Texas hospitals are faring amid Hurricane Harvey's catastrophic flooding | 7 ways insurers are countering the opioid epidemic

August 29, 2017 TODAY’S TOP STORIES 1. Advisory Board sells healthcare arm to Optum in $1.3B deal Full story 2. Anthem changes coverage policy for MRIs, CT scans at hospitals Full story 3. How Texas hospitals…

'Project X': Boston's $16M effort to woo Aetna | Mission Health: BCBS' removal of providers from online directory 'overt and senseless action' | Tenet board upheaval could lead to activist campaign | 110 ACOs to know

August 22, 2017 TODAY’S TOP STORIES 1. ‘Project X’: Boston’s $16M effort to attract Aetna Full story 2. Tenet board upheaval could lead to activist campaign Full story 3. Deloitte: Many states establishing Medicaid APMs, but few…

CMS will cancel major bundled payment initiatives | 23 payers proposing double-digit premium hikes | Deadline to price ACA marketplace plans delayed 3 weeks | Aetna may offer customers Apple Watches

August 15, 2017 TODAY’S TOP STORIES 1. CMS will cancel major bundled payment initiatives Full story 2. Health insurer stock report: Week of Aug. 7-11 Full story 3. 10 Medicare Advantage plans ranked by member…

Molina owed $52M in risk corridors payments | 5 latest payer, provider contract disputes, resolutions | CMS to punish more than 2.5k hospitals for 30-day readmissions | How Aetna, Anthem, Cigna, Humana and UnitedHealth performed in Q2

August 8, 2017 TODAY’S TOP STORIES 1. CMS to punish more than 2.5k hospitals for 30-day readmissions: 7 things to know Full story 2. Feds owe Molina $52M in risk corridors payments, judge says Full story…

Anthem email breach hits 18k members | 18 payer-provider disputes, resolutions | Man accused of killing physician over botched prostate surgery 21 years prior | 15 key dates for 2018 open enrollment

August 1, 2017 TODAY’S TOP STORIES 1. Anthem: 18k customers affected in email breach Full story 2. Man accused of killing physician over botched prostate surgery 21 years prior Full story 3. Centene records 49% jump in net…

Molina Healthcare to slash about 1,400 jobs | Mission Health pens op-ed on BCBS impasse | HCA acquires second hospital from CHS in 2 weeks | 3 analytics tips to amplify policyholder engagement

July 25, 2017 TODAY’S TOP STORIES 1. Molina Healthcare to eliminate about 1,400 jobs: 6 things to know Full story 2. HCA acquires second hospital from CHS in 2 weeks Full story 3. Mission Health board inks op-ed…

UnitedHealth Q2 earnings spike 30% | 4 health systems on the brink of dropping payers | CMS releases OPPS proposed rule for 2018 | 'Junk insurance' - healthcare's latest dreaded term

July 18, 2017 TODAY’S TOP STORIES 1. UnitedHealth’s Optum division helps fuel 30% spike in Q2 earnings Full story 2. CMS releases OPPS proposed rule for 2018: 9 things to know Full story 3. Anthem sues Insys Therapeutics…

Anthem expands discretionary ED coverage to Missouri | UnitedHealth may buy Advisory Board's healthcare division | Cerner CEO Neal Patterson dies from cancer complications | 'Accept Cigna' featured on Florida physician's state legislature campaign sign

July 11, 2017 TODAY’S TOP STORIES 1. Anthem extends its discretionary coverage for ER visits to Missouri Full story 2. Children’s Minnesota back in network with BCBS Full story 3. Cerner CEO Neal Patterson, 67, dies from…

UnitedHealthcare invests $18.3M in affordable housing | 6 payer-provider joint health plans established this year | Cleveland Clinic CEO: BCRA will put hospitals in 'very deep financial trouble' | Aetna to move to NYC

TODAY’S TOP STORIES 1. 5 findings on payer-provider communication gaps Full story 2. Florida Blue, Primary Partners launch shared savings program Full story 3. Cleveland Clinic CEO Dr. Toby Cosgrove: BCRA will put hospitals in ‘very deep financial…