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Michael Dudley, former senior vice president of Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Healthcare and CEO of its Optima Health plan, served as an executive with Sentara for 21 years. He previously spent 19 years at Kaiser Permanente, and across nearly four decades…

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic agreed to work directly with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota to decide what emerging technology BCBSM will cover.

Anthem closed its acquisition of the nation's largest provider of palliative care services for an undisclosed amount.

Quest Analytics, a provider of network access services to health plans and insurance regulators, acquired provider data management platform BetterDoctor June 18.

Here are four companies that have recenlty agreed to a transaction with UnitedHealth Group:

Blue Cross Blue Shield health plans in aggregate gained $2.3 billion in 2017 as a result of new federal tax law, according to a report from ratings agency A.M. Best.

Despite openly opposing a proposed deal between Aetna and Humana in 2016, the American Medical Association has not asked antitrust regulators to block CVS Health's proposed $69 billion bid for Aetna, according to Forbes contributor Bruce Jepsen.

Aetna asked a district court to require its former chief Medicare actuary to return documents used to accuse CVS Caremark of overbilling the federal government for prescriptions since 2007, according to a recent court filing.

A federal appellate court ruled health insurers are not owed billions of dollars in funding under the ACA's risk corridors program, according to Law360.

A federal judge has greenlighted AT&T's takeover of Time Warner, a ruling expected to spur a wave of corporate takeovers. If the decision plays out as the markets anticipate, Anthem may consider a bid for Humana, writes Bloomberg's Max Nisen…