You haven’t packed, but the plane leaves in an hour. You throw whatever you can into your suitcase and hope that you grabbed everything you needed. You’re not sure when you’ll be back.
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The partnership between Humana and Walgreens Boots Alliance could expand to include investment stakes, sources told The Wall Street Journal.
Newport News, Va.-based Riverside Health System entered Optima Health's insurance network after the organizations signed a new contract.
Maryland lawmakers are weighing a proposal to establish a state individual mandate to buy health insurance, The Baltimore Sun reports.
Health insurance startup Oscar Health filed a motion for preliminary injunction to stop Florida Blue from enforcing a policy that Oscar said bars Orlando insurance brokers from selling any other insurance if they sell Florida Blue policies.
CVS Health and Aetna said their $69 billion deal will close after Thanksgiving, according to a Nov. 19 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The companies previously said the transaction would close before the holiday.
Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System and BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee agreed to a new four-year contract, according to WRCB.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana warned members of potentially deceptive phone calls claiming to be made by the health insurer, according to myarklamiss.com.
These 15 contract resolutions and dissolutions occurred between payers and providers since Oct. 1, beginning with the most recent.
Contract negotiations between New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian and Empire BlueCross BlueShield have stalled ahead of a Dec. 31 deadline, the health system said.
