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Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealthcare is hiring 50 full-time senior claims appeals representatives for its Shelton, Conn., office, reports Hartford Business Journal.

These seven contract resolutions and dissolutions occurred between payers and providers over the past few weeks, beginning with the most recent.

The following health insurers made headlines this week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.

Dayton, Ohio-based CareSource selected Monalisa Mohanty as its vice president of pharmacy, reports Dayton Daily News.

WellCare Health Plans finalized its acquisition of Care1st Health Plan Arizona and its two subsidiaries — Care1st Health Plan Arizona and One Care.

CVS Pharmacy is not included in the new network of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama and its pharmacy benefit manager Prime Therapeutics, WSFA reports.

Chicago-based Blue Cross Blue Shield Association contracted with Exact Sciences Corp. in Madison, Wis., to cover Cologuard — a cancer screening — as an in-network service for its policyholders.

The number of Americans who enrolled in health plans via HealthCare.gov since Nov. 1 is up about 2 percent from the same time last year, from 8.6 million to 8.8 million. 

Rochester, N.Y.-based Excellus BlueCross BlueShield partnered with Geneia, a healthcare delivery solutions developer, to provide value-based analytics to the health plan.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts in Boston will raise premiums for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries by up to one-third this year. The insurer said the jump in rates is a result of lower federal reimbursements and higher medical and prescription…