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CVS Health's $69 billion purchase of Aetna is official after a federal judge ruled that with its planned divestitures, the deal is not anticompetitive, according to a Sept. 4 court order.

Bright Health, a Minneapolis-based startup health insurer, named a former leader at UnitedHealth Group and Best Buy its vice chairman and president, according to the Star Tribune.

A contract dispute between UnitedHealth Group and physician staffing company TeamHealth could indirectly affect hospitals and other providers, according to credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service.

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield has expanded its narrow provider network, HealthSync, to 45 hospitals, the insurer said Sept. 3.

Overall cost reduction and efficiency are some of the top financial priorities for today's health system CEOs and CFOs. Faced with problems like shrinking revenue and increasing expenses, executives should start employing technological solutions, such as intelligent automation, to handle…

Moda Health will reenter the ACA's individual health insurance exchange in Alaska after exiting the market in 2016, according to The Cordova Times. 

CMS didn't grant Idaho's request to expand health insurance subsidies to residents between 100 percent and 133 percent of the federal poverty level regardless of Medicaid status, according to an Aug. 29 letter from CMS.

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey sued a physician advocacy group after the group urged patients to fight the insurer's new claim oversight contract, according to the New Jersey Record.

Maine's governor announced plans to change its health insurance exchange to a state-based marketplace.

In late August, Portland-based MaineHealth announced plans to create a joint venture with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maine.