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Indianapolis-based Anthem implemented its Enhanced Personal Health Care program, a value-based payment program, aimed at reducing healthcare costs while improving quality.

Questions continue to surround healthcare's future, with ACA enrollment figures falling below last year's total, according to Politico.

A Commonwealth Fund survey found many Americans are struggling to obtain affordable medical care, according to Bloomberg.

With support from CMS, the state of Maryland implemented and executed an all-payer model over the last three years. An article published by the American Enterprise Institution, a conservative think tank, analyzed the state's three-year journey. 

Indianapolis-based Anthem announced is fourth quarter earnings Feb. 1, 2017, Nasdaq reports.

A federal court indicted John Holland, a former executive with Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, on charges of bribery and defrauding Medicaid, the Dallas News reports.

During a quarterly earnings call, Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini said the payer will likely pull out of all ACA exchanges, Business Insider reports.

HHS released its 2016 Actuarial Report which delves how much money the government spent on the program in 2016.

Hopkins, Minn.-based UnitedHealthcare named Christopher Abbott its next CEO for Medicare and Retirement for Texas and Oklahoma, DMagazine reports.

With Medicaid prices continuing to rise, Democrats and Republicans debated the merits of the program's expansion during a House hearing earlier this week, Medpage Today reports.