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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.

Salem Health (Ore.) and United Healthcare have renewed their contract, according to a Statesman Journal article.

Cigna has rejected Anthem's latest takeover bid, according to The New York Times.

Jacksonville, Fla.-based St. Vincent's HealthCare and Florida Blue have yet to reach a deal to keep St. Vincent's in the Florida Blue network, even thought their contract has nearly expired, according to The Florida Times-Union.

Recent merger frenzy talks involving five of the nation's largest health insurers have become a cause of concern for many in the healthcare industry.

Here are 125 things to know about Blue Cross Blue Shield, UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, Cigna and Humana — five leading health insurers in the U.S.