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U.S. health spending increased at an annual rate of 5.5 percent in October 2016, according to Altarum Institute's Center for Sustainable Health Spending's Health Sector Economic Indicators briefs.

Humana is helping providers prepare for value-based care through its Clinical Quality Metrics Alignment program.

The Council of Economic Advisers and HHS released a report that showed repealing the ACA would have "profound implications" for many Americans, according to The Hill.

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson probed DOJ and Anthem-Cigna lawyers during the furst phase of the antitrust trial, and questioned the validity of their arguments for and against the merger, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The American Health Policy Institute and VBID Health released the study, "Using Data-Driven Disruption to Reduce Wasteful Healthcare Spending." The study examines wasteful spending of 35 large, self-insured employers in the United States.

The CDC released a report detailing the amount of Medicaid recipients that are also smokers.

A Gallup survey recently found 42 percent of U.S. adults are not satisfied with healthcare costs, according to UPI.

In an op-ed published in U.S. News & World Report, Mark Warshawsky, a senior researcher at Fairfax, Va.-based George Mason University's Mercatus Center, delves into how the ACA may not have met its goal of lowering healthcare spending.

A Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease survey evaluated what registered voters want politicians and government officials to focus on moving forward regarding healthcare costs.

Stony Brook, N.Y.-based Softheon extended its Equity financial management and payment platform to "prevent illegitimate third party payments."