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Wheeling, W. Va.-based The Health Plan is outgrowing its headquarters, which is still under construction, the payer's CEO told the Herald Star.

Indianapolis-based Anthem and Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna accused each other of sabotage in recent lawsuits filed after a U.S. District Court blocked their proposed $54 billion merger Feb. 8, according to a Bloomberg report.

Former Aetna CEO Ronald Williams said the ACA's risk pool equation is "flawed," and the next wave of healthcare reform needs to strike a balance between premiums collected from young individuals and the healthcare costs of older patients, CNBC reports.

Louisville, Ky.-based Humana received a one-year extension of its healthcare delivery managed care contract with the Defense Health Agency valued at an estimated $3.8 billion.

Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna said it will operate under the terms of its merger agreement with Indianapolis-based Anthem following a court order temporarily blocking Cigna from unilaterally terminating the transaction.

Indianapolis-based Anthem told officials with Connecticut's health insurance exchange Access Health CT it plans to offer polices on the exchange next year, according to a Hartford Courant report.

Aetna and Humana's decision to ditch their proposed $37 billion merger struck a chord with Becker's Hospital Review payer issues readers this week.

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services will allow Anthem BlueCross and BlueShield of Wisconsin to expand its service area to 24 Wisconsin counties where it offers healthcare coverage for beneficiaries enrolled in Medicaid and BadgerCare Plus, a state healthcare program…

The following payers made headlines this past week, beginning with the most recent.

Long Beach, Calif.-based Molina Healthcare reported a net loss of $91 million in the fourth quarter of 2016, compared to the $30 million profit the payer made during the same period last year. The insurer cited poor performance in its…