1. California health plan, providers to pay $70.7M to settle billing fraud claims  Full story

2. Kentucky nurse charged with murder in death of patient  Full story

3. Lawmaker investigating Medicare Advantage marketing tactics  Full story

4. Healthcare organizations are wasting millions of dollars on workflow inefficiencies and data inaccuracies across provider networks. One powerful platform can help connect your payer ecosystem.

5. States ranked by life expectancy  Full story

6. A timeline of UnitedHealth Group's attempted acquisition of Change Healthcare  Full story

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8. Cancer now top driver of large companies' healthcare costs  Full story

9. "Reversing" diabetes is a seductive, but unrealistic goal. Take a more effective approach to diabetes management by avoiding these 5 treatment myths.

10. Intermountain's net income hits $2.7B  Full story

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Becker's Learning Opportunities

1. Health plans are at the center of a healthcare transformation. These 10 articles offer payers insights on how the industry is evolving.

2. Up to 30% of appointment slots go unfilled each day. Here are the 7 tools your system needs to fill these gaps and drive revenue.

3. What should healthcare's technology revolution look like at your health system? Read this recent innovation report and chart a course to a more interconnected future.