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Despite several payers withdrawing from Affordable Care Act marketplaces, Cigna is expanding into new ACA markets, according to The Hill.

Back in 2008, Gabby White, RN, began working with her surgery center's surgeons, physicians, anesthesiologist and home health to establish bundled rates. Following this collaboration, Newport Beach, Calif.-based Orthopedic Surgery Center of Orange County, a direct subsidiary of Irvine, Calif.-based…

If the Department of Justice successfully blocks the Aetna/Humana and Anthem/Cigna deals, the payers may likely acquire smaller payers, according to Insurance Journal.

Following news of the Justice Department filing a suit against the pending Anthem/Cigna and Aetna/Humana mergers, Aetna and Anthem both pledged to fight the suit in court, according to The Hill.

The payer marketplace endures another blow as Humana reported it will leave almost half of the Affordable Care Act's exchanges in 2017, according to The Hill.

The Justice Department's antitrust officials made a much-anticipated move by filing a suit against the pending Anthem/Cigna and Aetna/Humana mergers, according to MedPage Today.

The shift from volume to value-based healthcare models is underway. Outpatient service providers must reevaluate how to manage their revenue cycles, and do so relatively quickly.

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) is rejecting an important piece of Donald Trump's healthcare plan proposal, according to The Hill.

The Commonwealth Fund found most insurance companies lost money in the first year of the Affordable Care Act health insurance exchange markets.

An International Federation of Health Plans report found U.S. leading insurers pay more than other developed countries for drugs as well as surgical procedures, according to CNBC.