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Anthem is expected to announce plans to open a technology center in Midtown Atlanta which would add several thousand jobs to the Atlanta area, the Atlanta Business Chronicle reports.

In advance of the pending vote on the all-payer draft agreement, Vermont's potential model continues to be scrutinized, the Times Argus reports.

Centene Corp. has doubled its growth after the ACA's Medicaid expansion last year, Forbes reports.

Going forth into 2017, the average premium for ACA silver plans will increase 22 percent, on average, according to CNN Money.

Health payers are struggling with improving price transparency and its costing them contracts with employers, HealthPayerIntelligence.com reports.

The government is prioritizing prosecuting those people attempting to defraud Medicare of millions of dollars, with the government's Medicare Fraud Strike Force recently taking down a scam that resulted in the arrests of 301 people throughout the Untied States, according…

Estimates place Medicare running out of funds in the 2020s, although the ACA may have played a key role in ensuring the program has money to continue.

CMS found Medicare Advantage online directories contained incorrect information of nearly 50 percent of the 5,832 listed physicians for 54 MA plans, according to Chicago Sun Times.

On Oct. 14, CMS unveiled the final Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act rule, which will outline physician Medicare payment fees following the sustainable growth rate formula repeal.

After the Joint Legislative and Audit Review Commission found that general fund spending increased $1.7 billion throughout the last decade for Virginia's Medicaid program, State Rep. Steve Landes (R-Weyers Cave) said expanding the program is not "feasible," The New Virginia…