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California's health insurance exchange Covered California extended its open enrollment deadline to Feb. 4 to accommodate a final rush in applications for coverage beginning March 1. 

Minnetonka, Minn.-based Medica restored its health plans on Minnesota's health insurance exchange in 62 counties following the installment of a one-week special enrollment period, the Star Tribune reports.

UCSF's board of supervisors approved the lease agreement put forth by UCSF to construct a $200 million research building at San Francisco General Hospital, according to KTUV/FOX2 News.

Indianapolis-based Anthem reported an adjusted net income of $473.2 million in the fourth quarter of this year, a year-over-year increase of 54.7 percent from $305.8 million. 

The chairman and CEO of Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna said he is talking with legislators and is optimistic the potential ACA replacement plan will usher in the "next wave of healthcare reform" focusing on quality and affordability, Journal Sentinel reports.

The following collaborations, partnerships and agreements between payers and other entities took place or were announced in January, beginning with the most recent.

Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna has engaged in discussions with the Massachusetts' governor's office for the past six months about transferring its headquarters to Boston, sources close to the discussions told the Hartford Courant.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy will lower the state's insurance premium tax rate as part of a two-year budget that will be unveiled Feb. 8, according to the Hartford Courant.

The first Ascension Medical Group clinic in the U.S. opened Tuesday in Wausau, Wis. The new facility, called Ascension Medical Group at Westwood, marks the beginning of the naming transition of Ministry Health Care hospitals and clinics to Ascension, a…

Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna entered a four-year reinsurance arrangement with Vitality Re VIII Limited as part of its long-term capital management strategy.