Payer

MVP Health Care, a health plan in New York, hired former Health Care Service Corp. executive Bruce Himelstein, MD, as its CMO.

Cigna's U.S. privacy officer and lead cybersecurity counsel left the company for a new position, according to Bloomberg Law.

Two major hedge funds that built stakes in Centene Corp. are considering challenging its proposed $17.3 billion bid for WellCare Health Plans, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

While stock in hospital companies has taken a hit over discussion around Medicare for All proposals, Larry Robbins, founder and CEO of Glenview Capital Management, says investors should still bet on hospitals, according to Barron's.

Here are seven lawsuits involving payers posted by Becker's Hospital Review in recent weeks.

The Wall Street Journal's editorial board scrutinized the Congressional Budget Office's analysis of what a single-payer system could look like, calling the office's characterization of the "major undertaking" of single payer a "hilarious understatement."

The former chairman and CEO of investment company Vanguard Group purchased 6,430 UnitedHealth Group shares May 1, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

WellSpan Health, an eight-hospital system based in York, Pa., partnered with Pennsylvania health insurer Capital BlueCross to coordinate care delivery and financing.

Aetna will not have to pay Florida hospitals owned by Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare $150 million related to an arbitration case, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing from Aetna's parent company, CVS Health.

UPMC in Pittsburgh filed a response to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, stating the court was well aware UPMC's relationship with Pittsburgh-based Highmark would end June 30, according to the Pittsburgh Business Times.