UnitedHealth Group's Optum, the largest employer of physicians in the U.S., is seeking to acquire physician-owned Corvallis (Ore.) Clinic. 

Bright Health has closed the sale of its last insurance business to Molina Healthcare. 

UnitedHealth Group will sell its health insurance and hospital operations in Brazil to a private investor for an undisclosed amount, the company said in regulatory documents filed Dec. 29.

UnitedHealth Group has received multiple offers to offload its Brazil unit, Bloomberg reported Dec. 20. 

Molina Healthcare reduced its offer for Bright Health's California Medicare Advantage business. 

Health Care Service Corp. and Elevance Health are vying for Cigna's Medicare Advantage business, Bloomberg reported Dec. 15. 

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana and Elevance Health have submitted a new proposal to the Louisiana Department of Insurance to allow the nonprofit insurer to be bought by Elevance, nola.com reported Dec. 15. 

Although its merger with Humana has fallen through, Cigna is still considering the sale of its Medicare Advantage business, The Wall Street Journal reported Dec. 10. 

A planned merger between the Cigna Group and Humana has been called off following a disagreement over price and other financial terms, The Wall Street Journal reported Dec. 10. 

Almost a year after CareOregon and SCAN Group announced plans to merge, the deal is still in the regulatory process. 

Cigna and Humana reportedly are in talks to merge in a deal that could be finalized by the end of 2023. Both companies were involved in potential mergers in 2015 that were later blocked by federal judges: Cigna with Anthem (now Elevance) and Humana with Aetna. 

Cigna and Humana reportedly are in talks to merge in a deal that could be finalized by the end of 2023. Both companies were involved in potential mergers in 2015 that were later blocked by federal judges: Cigna with Anthem (now Elevance) and Humana with Aetna. Here is a closer at why the Cigna-Anthem deal was blocked:

A Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana policyholder filed a proposed class action lawsuit seeking to block the insurer's sale to Elevance Health, nola.com reported Dec. 5. 

The sale of Cigna's Medicare Advantage business would remove one hurdle in the company's reported goal to merge with Humana, and Health Care Service Corp. might be part of that equation, Bloomberg reported Nov. 29. 

The Cigna Group and Humana are "in talks" to merge, The Wall Street Journal reported Nov. 29.

Connecticut hospital regulators want more information from UnitedHealth subsidiary SCA Health over its attempts to acquire controlling interest in a surgical center in the state, CT Insider reported Nov. 21.  

Health Care Service Corp. has rebranded Trustmark Health Benefits to Luminare Health.

The Cigna Group is exploring a potential sale of its Medicare Advantage business, Reuters exclusively reported Nov. 6. 

UnitedHealth Group has completed its acquisition of health technology firm EMIS Group, according to an Oct. 27 EMIS Group news release. 

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina intends to purchase all North Carolina locations of FastMed, a national chain of urgent care clinics.