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This year, Fortune named two health insurance executives from Anthem and Aetna to its Most Powerful Women list.

UnitedHealthcare sent letters to more than 250 hospitals Sept. 21 warning them it may drop Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare from its network starting next year, according to CNBC.

A contract dispute between Austin (Texas) Regional Clinic and UnitedHealthcare will leave about 5,000 patients with UnitedHealthcare AARP Medicare Advantage plans searching for new physicians or new insurance plans next year.

An expected tax break for Humana's new digital health and analytics center in Boston is in limbo after the Massachusetts Economic Assistance Coordinating Council rejected Gov. Charlie Baker's recommended $225,000 tax incentive package, according to The Boston Globe.

A Utah federal judge decided Sept. 19 Aetna is not required to cover members' wilderness therapy services, according to Law360.

The National Committee for Quality Assurance released its rankings for Medicare plans in 2018-19.

The National Committee for Quality Assurance ranked four Medicaid health plans as top policies in 2018-19.

The National Committee for Quality Assurance ranked Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin and the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States the two best-performing commercial health plans in 2018-19.

The California Court of Appeal upheld regulations for fair claims settlements after a 10-year legal challenge, paving the way for $91 million in fines against a UnitedHealthcare subsidiary, the California Department of Insurance said Sept. 21.

Two South Carolina representatives want to meet with Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina and several urgent care centers to address what they argue is an attempt by BCBS to limit competition among urgent care centers, according to the…