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A Health Affairs survey of physicians participating in Medicare ACOs claims only 50 percent found the models effective in lowering costs and providing high quality care.

CMS will increase Medicare Advantage payments by 0.45 percent in 2018, according to Healthcare Finance.

James Murray, former CEO and executive vice president of Louisville, Ky.-based Humana, is departing the company to take on the CEO position at another company, according to Louisville Business First.

The Telehealth Innovation and Improvement Act aims to expand telehealth services nationwide through increased Medicare reimbursement, mHealthIntelligence reports.

Eight million children could lose insurance coverage if the government does not renew Children's Health Insurance Program funding, the CTPost reports.

Kansas legislators' attempt to expand the state's Medicaid program failed April 3, 2017, after the House failed to override Gov. Sam Brownback's, R, veto, The Kansas City Star reports.

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Wellmark is halting individual policy sales in response to the ACA's uncertain future and the Republican's failed efforts to replace it, The Des Moines Register reports.

California officials released more information about a universal healthcare bill for the state, Senate Bill 562, and what services it would cover, according to Mercury News.

Republican legislators said they expect the government will continue paying billions in health insurance subsidies to low-income individuals through 2017 and possibly 2018, The New York Times reports.

Iowa state officials agreed to bail out three private Medicaid managed-care companies through a risk-corridor agreement. The decision would cost the state approximately $10 million, but it could cost the federal government up to $225 million, The Des Moines Register…