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Enrollment into the ACA's health insurance exchanges ends Dec. 15, and despite record demand insurance signups are expected to trail 2016 numbers because of a decreased enrollment period, NPR reports.

According to the Chicago Tribune, Blue Cross Blue Shield made a clerical error last week that resulted in around 1,000 employees of Waukegan (Ill.) District 60 losing their health insurance benefits temporarily.

CareCloud released its MIPS Dashboard designed to capture and report on the Merit-based Incentive Payment System regulations from CMS.

After House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., decreed that the GOP planned on cutting Medicare spending next year, several Senate Republicans have come out against the proposal, the Washington Post reports.

After letting funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program slip Sept. 30, physicians and state officials are beginning to wonder if Congress will pass a funding resolution, NPR reports.

Here are the top 10 states for HMO enrollment, as of January 2016, according to data from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

The healthcare revenue cycle management market is growing, according to a Global Market Insights report.

Paul Markovich was elected chairman of the BCBS Board Association Dec. 5.

Spending growth on physician services has slowed, although it remains strong, according to a report in Health Affairs.

Orthopaedic and Spine Center of the Rockies in Fort Collins, Colo., has resorted to desperate measures to recover unpaid claims from the VA for treatment that occurred up to two years ago, ABC 7 Denver reports.