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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia expedited Indianapolis-based Anthem's appeal of a district court's order to block its proposed $54 billion merger with Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna.

Eight executives from Louisville, Ky.-based Humana sold a combined 323,648 shares of company stock on Tuesday for $66.4 million, according to the Courier-Journal.

Troy-based Molina Healthcare of Michigan selected Taft Parsons III, MD, to serve as CMO, according to a Michigan Chronicle report.

The ACA ushered in a new era of healthcare in America. As Congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump's administration attempt to repeal and replace the health law, payers, providers and other healthcare organizations are questioning how proposed changes will affect…

Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group said it will lay off 119 workers at its Optum offices in Centennial, Colo.

CMS proposed revising the deadline for insurers to file qualified health plan applications and rates for 2018 ACA marketplace plans from May 3 to June 21, according to a Feb. 17 policy brief.

Eagan-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota said it will cut 50 jobs, the Star Tribune reports.  

The Arkansas Center for Health Improvement found health plans for public school and state employees spent, on average, 31 percent more covering obese policyholders or their spouses as opposed to other policyholders in 2015, according to an ArkansasOnline report.

Two lawmakers from California proposed legislation Friday calling for a universal healthcare system to cover the state's 38 million residents, according to a Santa Cruz Sentinel report.

Massachusetts-based Harvard Pilgrim Health Care will provide physicians point-of-care health analytics through Quest Diagnostics and Inovalon in an effort to close care gaps and improve health outcomes for patients.