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Idaho-based St. Luke's Health Services is requesting an air quality permit to construct a new hospital in Nampa, Idaho, Idaho Press-Tribune reported.  

The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services announced health insurers' proposed premium rate increases for 2017, with some requesting up to 39.2 percent, the Detroit Free Press reported.

The Commissioner of Securities and Insurance in Montana released proposed 2017 premium rate changes from insurers selling plans on the federal marketplace that could raise premiums up to 62 percent, the Independent Record reported. 

High-cost claimants who purchased health insurance through their employer were the No. 1 driver of healthcare costs, according to a new study by the American Health Policy Institute and Leavitt Partners.

Portland, Ore.-based Oregon's Health Co-op went into receivership status Friday and will close its doors — leaving 23,000 uninsured — in light of $900,000 it owes under the Affordable Care Act's Risk Adjustment Program and other high medical loss ratios.

Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna executives spoke with the U.S. Department of Justice Friday to assuage antitrust regulators who could oppose its pending acquisition of Louisville, Ky.-based Humana, an insider told Reuters.

Health insurers — including Tampa, Fla.-based WellCare Health Plans and St. Louis-based Centene — made offers on the Medicare Advantage assets Aetna will divest to help tilt regulatory approval of its $37 billion acquisition of Humana, an insider told Bloomberg.

A recent report from HHS says Americans living in rural parts of the country are gaining health insurance under the Affordable Care Act at higher rates than their urban counterparts.

Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Health System is adding a $3.6 million mental health treatment unit for electroconvulsive therapy, according to the Detroit Free Press.

Indianapolis-based RileyHospital for Children, part of Indiana University Health System, is adding several new units under an expansion plan designed to keep Indiana residents in state for their healthcare, according to The News & Observer.