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Patient First, Virginia's largest primary and urgent healthcare provider, is no longer accepting new Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield patients, according to WTVVR 6.

On Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, the California Legislature unveiled a bill imposing a new tax on health insurance plans that would prevent a $1.1 billion hole in the state budget, according to a Mercury News report.

On Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, the Arizona House Health Committee advanced House Bill 2309, which would resume enrollment under the KidsCare health insurance program for low income families, according to AZ Central.

Calder Lynch, state Medicaid director for the Department of Health and Human Services, said he will oppose legislative bill (LB1032), which would expand health insurance coverage for more than 100,000 Nebraskans, according to Lincoln Journal Star.

Georgia-based Sequent Health Physician Partners collaborated with Cigna to create the medical group's first accountable care program in January.

The Obama administration proposed a $4.1 trillion budget in a final effort to strengthen the Affordable Care Act, according to The Hill.

The Workers Compensation Research Institute recently released a study of workers' compensation fee schedule rates in Illinois in comparison to Medicare fee schedule rates in other states, according to a WorkersCompensation.com report.

The American Health Information Management Association sent an email to its members recommending that the code A92.8 be used for the Zika virus, according to an ICD-10 Monitor report.

SwervePay raised $10 million in funding to accelerate healthcare payment solutions.

Several Rhode Island representatives proposed a bill in the Rhode Island House of Representatives that would establish a single-payer health system in the state, according to The Brown Daily Herald.