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Columbia-based Boone Health says it continues to accept all commercial Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield insurance plans. While negotiations continue, Anthem and Columbia-based MU Health Care have still not reached an agreement. Boone Health president Brady Dubois addressed the issue Saturday morning in-studio on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable” program. Mr. Dubois tells listeners he doesn’t know any details about MU Health Care’s negotiations with Anthem and did not comment on those negotiations. Mr. Dubois emphasizes that Boone Health continues to accept all commercial Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield insurance plans. “What we’re focused on is how do we make sure that folks want to receive health care locally that they’re able to access in-network providers, in-network health care,” Mr. Dubois tells listeners. He also says Boone Health is working to absorb patients into its Boone medical clinics and also affiliated providers like Missouri Cancer Associates or Columbia Orthopaedic Group. Mr. Dubois says they are wo