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Boston-based Partners HealthCare will shift health insurance coverage for all of its employees from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts to its system-owned health plan, according to The Boston Globe.

Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center and Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi have four days to negotiate new contract terms before the academic medical center goes out of network with the insurer July 1, according to the Clarion…

In November 2017, Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group's Optum bought the Advisory Board for $1.3 billion.

In the fourth quarter of 2017, CVS Health's pharmacy benefit manager, CVS Caremark, sharply reduced payments to pharmacies, and many critics are questioning the timing of the cuts, according to the Akron Beacon Journal.

Salesforce will roll out a solution to support health insurers in October.

Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health named Geovani Bonilla IU Health Plans' vice president of medical operations.

Patients, volunteers and healthcare professionals are scheduled to rally June 21 in a "battle" with Empire BlueCross BlueShield over "equitable reimbursement" for Oceanside, N.Y.-based South Nassau Communities Hospital, according to the supporters.

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente's Medicare Advantage plan, for the fourth consecutive year, ranked highest in member satisfaction, according to the J.D. Power 2018 Medicare Advantage Study.

Health insurance startup Oscar Health filed plans to offer individual marketplace coverage in six new markets next year, bringing its total expansion to nine states and 14 markets in 2019, the company said June 21.

For the fourth consecutive year, customers named Kaiser Permanente as the No. 1 health plan based on experience, according to Forrester's 2018 Consumer Experience Index.