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The Anthem-Cigna merger saga may not be over as Forbes reports Anthem is considering further legal action to keep the deal on the table.

The Delivery, Results, Innovation and Value for Everyone Health Initiative sent a letter to President Donald Trump and HHS Secretary Tom Price, MD, urging several value-based healthcare changes including targeted deregulation and market-based purchasing strategies.

The methodology and efficiency of reimbursement for pain management procedures has drastically changed over the past few years. Gone are the days when you could simply bill the procedure and get paid within 30 days. 

Ohio House Republicans are attempting to gut the state's Medicaid expansion to pass the state's two-year budget proposal, The Columbus Dispatch reports.

Senate Healthcare Budget Chairwoman Anitere Flores, R-Miami, confirmed legislators are lowering state Medicaid payments by $250 million in the 2018 budget, according to Tampa Bay Times.

Medicaid covers a large portion of U.S. rural residents, with this population facing many health disparities and care barriers.

Here are the states with the highest percentage of people on Medicare, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Here are the 12 states with the highest percentage of people with employer-sponsored health insurance, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.

If the 19 non-expansion Medicaid states opted to expand the program, they could see savings based on reducing uncompensated care, according to an analysis by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Anthem CEO Joseph Swedish said the payer is approaching 60 percent value-based care spending, Forbes reports.