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Later this year, Blue Shield of California will mandate network providers participate in Manifest MedEx, the state's nonprofit health information network.

Cigna established its headquarters for Middle East and North Africa operations in the Dubai World Trade Center.

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health will remain in Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield's network through 2020 under a new contract.

Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital and Florida Blue have yet to reach an in-network agreement as a March 31 termination deadline looms, the Herald-Tribune reports.

CVS Health is offering $40 billion of debt in the third-largest bond sale ever to finance its purchase of Aetna, Bloomberg reports.

Centene Corp. signed a definitive agreement to buy Community Medical Group, an at-risk primary care provider serving 70,000 government-insured beneficiaries in Florida.

Healthcare coverage gains due to the ACA's Medicaid expansion were weakened in nonexpansion states for households likely including people with undocumented immigration status, suggests a study published by Health Affairs.

Nearly 1 in 3 healthcare customers feel confused or frustrated after receiving an explanation of benefits from their health insurer, a recent Vitals survey found.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina achieved higher-than-anticipated net income for fiscal year 2017.

Centene Corp. signed a definitive agreement to acquire MHM Services Feb. 26.