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A new Avalere survey shows around 30 percent of health plans report negotiating one or more outcomes-based contract right now.

After the Congressional Budget Office said the American Health Care Act would cost 23 million Americans insurance coverage, Senate Republicans are steering clear of the House's ACA alternative, The Washington Times reports.

The California Senate appropriations committee advanced the $400 billion universal healthcare plan in a five-two vote, the Sacramento Bee reports.

Surgery centers can prevail in healthcare's changing reimbursement landscape if they employ strategies to obtain optimal payer contracts while also combating industry challenges.

Anthem, the largest provider of individual health plans nationwide, said it is not sure if it will offer ACA individual plans next year, according to The New York Times.

A recently released Hamden, Conn.-based Quinnipiac University poll found 57 percent of the U.S. public disapproves of the American Healthcare Care Act, according to CNN Politics.

BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina, the state's largest payer, is seeking a 22.9 percent increase for its ACA plans next year, according to The Hill.

While a healthcare reform bill will impact many healthcare trends, Harvard Business Review said an ACA repeal will not impact the following three entities.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City will stop selling plans in the Missouri ACA exchange in 2018, according to The Hill.

HHS released recent figures detailing premium increases between 2013 and 2017.