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UnitedHealth Group will participate in bundled payments for spine surgeries as well as hip and knee replacements in 2017, according to Forbes.

During the DOJ's antitrust trial against the Anthem, Cigna merger, an Anthem executive testified that the company plans to use Cigna as an avenue to compete in new markets, according to Bloomberg.

A recent Gallup poll found the majority of Americans want to either change or replace the ACA.

President-elect Donald Trump selected Seema Verma to head CMS as administrator, according to Politico.

A recent unsealed testimony revealed Anthem and Cigna are not on the same page over their proposed merger, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The federal government owes payers participating in the ACA's risk-corridor program millions, but the payers will receive no money this year due to the large amount of debt the government has accrued, according to The Hill.

Heritage Foundation policy experts, Nina Owcharenko and Ed Haislmaier, drafted a report that urges Congress to repeal the ACA in 2019, according to Morning Consult.

In a recent press release, AmkaiSolutions, a trusted industry leader in delivering comprehensive solutions to ambulatory surgery centers, announced that AmkaiSolutions now facilitates clients' submission of data to the American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR).

A majority of stock analysts rated Laval, Canada-based Valeant Pharmaceuticals a 'hold,' the Cerbat Gem reports.

President-elect Donald Trump's social security advisor Tom Leppert supports the privatization of both Social Security and Medicare, CNN reports.