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Iowa Medicaid officials will begin accepting applications in December for a third managed care organization to join its Medicaid program, according to Iowa Public Radio.

Wall Street anticipates a decline in UnitedHealth's earnings in their upcoming second-quarter report, which ended in June, Zacks Equity Research reported. 

Pittsburghbased Highmark Health is looking to purchase the other half of Medicaid managed care insurer Gateway Health, pending state approval.

Clover Health announced July 9 that it would be adding to its management team with Prabhdeep Singh as chief growth officer and Justin Joseph as chief strategy and development officer. 

America's Health Insurance Plans outlined four key issues that healthcare needs to solve in a July 8 statement.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island CMO Matthew Collins, MD, will be the U.S. rowing team's head physician at the Tokyo Olympics, opening July 23.

Three recent conflicts between payers and providers to know:

Headquartered in Long Beach, Calif., Molina Healthcare has 4.6 million members.

Humana announced a three-year partnership bringing Bronx, N.Y.-based Montefiore Health System into the insurer's network, effective July 1. 

Georgia officials behind the state's plan to replace the ACA marketplace with a privatized health insurance alternative pushed back against CMS' request for more financial information regarding the plan's waiver.