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UnitedHealth Group paid $3 billion for benefits administration platform Alegeus, according to an Aug. 10 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company had not previously disclosed a price for the deal. In the filing, which does not directly…

The insurance industry is losing jobs at more than four times last year’s pace, according to new data this month from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  The sector, which includes life, health and property insurers, shed an average of about…

William Crowley, BSN, executive director of clinical operations for Health Care Service Corp.’s Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, will join the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois as CEO Aug. 24. Over his 25-plus-year career, Mr. Crowley has held…

Humana has named James “J.P.” Holland as senior vice president and president of Medicaid, effective Aug. 17.  In his new role, Mr. Holland will lead the company’s Medicaid business, which currently serves more than 1.6 million members across 11 states.…