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Aetna is no longer offering individual exchange plans in Delaware or Nebraska in 2018, the final two states the payer had plans in, the Hartford Courant reports.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee announced it would once again offer plans in Knoxville, Tenn., as many other payers withdrew their plans from the region, according to STAT.

Maryland, Virginia and Connecticut payers submitted premium increase proposals for 2018, with the average increase averaging 20 percent, according to Bloomberg.

Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, gave his insights into Republicans' healthcare bill and the state of the industry during Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting in Omaha, Neb., according to Bloomberg.

A Medical Group Management Association found 11 percent of physicians reported feeling positively about value-based payment models, according to healthcare informatics.

In Delaware's Court of Chancery, Anthem asked Vice Chancellor Travis Laster for more time to win approval for its proposed merger with Cigna, Reuters reports.

More than half of Indiana's 590,315 low-income beneficiaries enrolled in the state's Medicaid program failed to make monthly payments required to receive "top tier" service, the Indy Star reports.

Black Book Research conducted a crowdsource survey of 8,845 physicians about MACRA from February to April. Here are the key trends and statistics from the report:

Industry leaders often associate the changing healthcare landscape with dwindling reimbursement. However, the tides and turns of the new healthcare era may pose a series of opportunities for surgery centers. As healthcare trends toward value, all facets of the industry…

CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield, one of Maryland's leading ACA payers, is requesting a premium rate increase surpassing 50 percent in the state, according to the Washington Post.