Author: Staff

The following insurers made headlines this week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center and BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee are at a stalemate over negotiations for the 2016 Medicare Advantage network, according to The Tennessean.

Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is raising objections to health insurer mega-mergers, saying she has "serious concerns" about the proposed mergers between Anthem and Cigna and between Aetna and Humana, according to The Hill.

San Mateo, Calif.-based health insurance and software startup Collective Health closed an $81 million Series C funding round Tuesday, including investors Google Ventures, NEA and Founders Fund.

Four insurance giants — Aetna, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois, Humana and UnitedHealthcare — are returning to the Illinois health insurance exchange this year, according to Crain's Chicago Business.

Aetna's proposed $37 billion acquisition of Humana was approved by shareholders of both companies on Monday, according to Reuters.

Eight of the original insurance co-ops formed under the Affordable Care Act have shut down this year.

Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health and UCare have partnered on a new health plan for Minnesota residents. The new plan, called Essentia Care, is a Preferred Provider Organization Medicare Advantage Plan.

New York-based Oscar Health, a young insurance company, provides a mobile app for clients fully equipped with unique "click and appointments" options, according to the L.A. Times.

UnitedHealth Group's revenue increased by 27 percent in the third quarter, to $41.5 billion from $32.8 billion last year, according to a MarketWatch report.