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American Medical Association President Andrew Gurman, MD, issued a statement Monday in support of blocking Aetna's acquisition of Humana.

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare and UnitedHealthcare have reached a four-year agreement, which provides UnitedHealthcare members with in-network access to Tenet's facilities throughout the country.

Optima Health, a Virginia Beach, Va.-based payer with 450,000 members, received a 4-star quality rating from CMS for its OptimaFit individual and family health plans. The rating is the highest score achieved by a health plan in the state of…

Nebraska's governor and director of insurance said the state's Senior Health Insurance Information Program saved Medicare beneficiaries more than $15 million over the past year.

Louisville, Ky.-based Humana launched a wellness and loyalty program called Go365 for most Humana Medicare Advantage and commercial employer plans, effective Jan. 1.

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Indianapolis-based Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and Owensboro (Ky.) Health are in negotiations to expand in-network care in western Kentucky and southern Indiana, reports Messenger-Inquirer.

The Alaska Division of Insurance is looking for federal funding to underwrite its reinsurance program that the division said will save the federal government $51.6 million, Alaska Dispatch News reports.

Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna said it reduced member costs by $32 million since implementing value-based products and services in 2011.

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association could make Anthem pay a $3 billion noncompliance fee if Anthem acquires Cigna but fails to bring in the majority of the resulting insurer's revenue through Blue-branded plans, Bloomberg reports.