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Four of the nation's largest health insurers are entrenched in antitrust trials over concerns their proposed consolidations will impede competition. And with such insurer mergers, market concentration plays a key role when insurers and providers bargain over commercial healthcare prices,…

Scripps Health in San Diego and Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna will jointly offer employers in the San Diego area health maintenance organization health plans effective April 1. 

South Portland-based Anthem Health Plans of Maine faces a $225,000 fine from the state's Bureau of Insurance for repeatedly failing to respond to policyholders' complaints within 14 days as required by state law, reports Bangor Daily News.

A payment model aimed at improving quality of care for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts policyholders showed the greatest gain in extending care to members from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, according to a study published in Health Affairs.

Government officials said they will promptly address North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper's (D) proposed Medicaid expansion plan, The News & Observer reports.

Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna named Glen Chambers vice president and head of federal affairs, according to a company statement.

HHS reported more than 11.5 million individuals signed up for health plans through the federal marketplace from Nov. 1 to Dec. 24, marking an increase of 286,000 plan selections from the same period last year.

Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna expects full-year net income between $1.87 billion and $1.94 billion for 2016.

Indianapolis-based Anthem upped its full-year adjusted net income outlook for 2016 from $10.80 per share to $11 per share.

North Dakota voters approved medical marijuana legalization by nearly 64 percent in the November election. However, state health insurers like Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota, Medica and Sanford Health Plan are refusing to cover cannabis medical treatments.