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During a two-hour hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, antitrust regulators vowed to closely analyze healthcare's two biggest mergers: the one between Aetna and Humana and the one between Anthem and Cigna, according to…

An ex-Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida business analyst has been arrested after submitting hundreds of false medical service claims, according to The Florida Times-Union.

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

Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health has come up with a new way to pay physicians for treating cancer patients, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.

Louisville, Ky.-based health insurer Humana has opened a retail pharmacy in San Antonio, marking the second retail pharmacy it has opened in the state of Texas, according to San Antonio Express-News.

Pittsburgh-based health insurer Highmark's enrollment both on and off the federal exchanges dropped from 350,000 in February 2015 to 195,000 in February 2016, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

A new health insurer is making a splash in the Atlanta and Chicago marketplaces, according to the Star Tribune.

Together with the American Medical Association, two Florida organizations — the Florida Medical Association and the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association — have asked Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to block the proposed merger between Humana and Aetna.

For insight on the impact of the proposed merger between Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna and Louisville, Ky.-based Humana, it may be helpful to look at one of Humana's previous transactions, according to a Louisville Business First report.

CMS has charged Louisville, Ky.-based health insurer Humana $3.1 million for areas of noncompliance regarding its Medicare Part C and D plans, according to Louisville Business First.