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The Iowa Department of Human Services has awarded Medicaid managed care contracts to four private insurers.

Almost 950,000 consumers chose healthcare coverage on HealthCare.gov when they became eligible following the latest open enrollment period.

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

The five largest health insurers in the nation have released their financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2015.

The uninsured rate dropped to 11.7 percent in the first half of 2015, down from 17.3 percent in 2013, according to The Hill.

Tampa, Fla.-based WellCare Health Plans, a private Medicare and Medicaid managed care company, has reported adjusted net income of $59.5 million for the second quarter of fiscal year 2015, compared with an adjusted net loss of $3.1 million for the…

The American Hospital Association submitted a letter to the Department of Justice last week requesting vigorous review of the proposed Anthem-Cigna and Humana-Aetna deals.

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

Optum has designated several specialties and service lines at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic as Centers of Excellence, a bundled program for UnitedHealthcare customers and employers.

Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna saw net income soar in the second quarter to $731.8 million, a 33 percent increase from the same period last year.