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This section offers news briefs in the U.S. healthcare industry as of January 2, 2023. Topics include a slowdown in healthcare spending growth in 2021 based on data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the proposal from MEDICARE CMS to raise Medicare Advantage marketing, rating stakes, and the value-based arrangements made by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts with four health systems that offer financial incentives for eliminating health disparities in outpatient care.