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2. Biden administration to end COVID-19 public health emergency in May Full story

3. CMS creating special ACA enrollment period for those losing Medicaid coverage Full story

4. Leaders from Cigna, UnitedHealth, Kaiser, BCBS + more tackle 2023's most pressing issues at Becker’s exclusive Payer Issues Roundtable. Join them April 3-4. Apply to be a live reviewer now.

5. Regence BCBS Oregon president tapped to lead Kaiser's Washington region Full story

6. The health plan members are most satisfied with in each US region Full story

7. 'Operation Nightingale': Feds charge 25 in sweeping nurse diploma scheme Full story

8. Geisinger Health Plan fined for wrongly rejected claims Full story

9. Payers are struggling to keep up with changing member expectations. Get ahead of the curve and stay there with conversational AI and these best practices. 

10. Blue Shield of California launching virtual-first health plan Full story

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