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UnitedHealth Group's health services subsidiary Optum saw large revenue and profit gains in the second quarter of fiscal year 2020.

Parkland Community Health Plan, a publicly funded insurer serving the Dallas area, plans to hire about 100 new employees by the end of this year amid increased need for its services, according to a company announcement provided to Becker's.

Seattle-based UW Medicine and Cigna inked a new agreement ahead of an Aug. 1 termination deadline.

SCAN Health Plan, a nonprofit Medicare Advantage insurer in California, recognized 10 medical groups as being among the "top-performing" in its network.

The Illinois Department of Insurance fined health insurers more than $2 million for violating mental health parity laws.

In 2018, there were 590 private equity (PE) deals in the US healthcare industry collectively worth more than $88 billion.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts will pilot a new payment model for primary care practices next year. 

Fourteen health insurers were featured on the Disability Equality Index's "Best places to work for disability inclusion" for 2020.

UnitedHealth Group saw its earnings increase significantly during the second quarter of this fiscal year as patients deferred elective procedures due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nine thousand Molina Healthcare of California members can no longer access UC San Diego Health providers at in-network rates, according to local NBC affiliate 7 San Diego.