St. Louis-based health insurer Centene has agreed to buy Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Health Net in a deal valued at $6.3 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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Indianapolis-based Anthem plans to layoff 57 workers from its operations in Louisville, Ky., according to a Louisville Business First report.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska has signed two agreements with UniNet Healthcare Network, the contracting entity for Denver-based CHI Health, that bring CHI back into BCBS' provider network, NEtwork BLUE.
Humana is said to be in hot pursuit of a sale following Thursday's Supreme Court decision in the King v. Burwell case to uphold subsidies on federal exchanges, according to The New York Times.
The following insurers made headlines this week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.
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Florida Blue (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Sacred Heart Health System (Pensacola, Fla.) have reached an agreement on a new three-year contract, according to a Pensacola News Journal report.
Three CEOs from some of the largest health systems in the country shared their opinions about health insurers and the potential consolidation in the insurance sector.
The Center for Prevention at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota has launched an initiative to make neighborhoods more amendable to walking, biking and other forms of physical activity.
The bubble of activity among the five big healthcare payers continued this week when Cigna rejected Anthem's latest takeover bid. Talks of mergers and acquisitions in healthcare continue to permeate in the industry, but according to Jonathan Bush, cofounder and…
UnitedHealth Group is severing its relationship with America's Health Insurance Plans, the health insurance industry's largest trade group, according to The Wall Street Journal.