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The Iowa Department of Human Services has awarded Medicaid managed care contracts to four private insurers.

Barlow Respiratory Hospital (BRH) is a 105 bed licensed acute care hospital with three locations in the greater Los Angeles area.

Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock has announced plans to build a new pediatric hospital campus in Springdale, Ark., on 37 acres of donated land.

Six health systems in Michigan agreed to integrate their care networks and collaborate on best practices by launching a clinically integrated network, according to MiBiz.

MercyRockford Health System, a merger between Janesville, Wis.-based Mercy Health System and Rockford (Ill.) Health System, plans to build a $400 million "destination" hospital campus in Rockford, according to a Rockford Register Star report.

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

Bethesda, Md.-based Aledade announced Tuesday it applied to CMS to launch accountable care organizations next year in seven states, including Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

The five largest health insurers in the nation have released their financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2015.

Tampa, Fla.-based WellCare Health Plans, a private Medicare and Medicaid managed care company, has reported adjusted net income of $59.5 million for the second quarter of fiscal year 2015, compared with an adjusted net loss of $3.1 million for the…

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp. has broken ground on an expansion for the Delray Medical Center in Delray Beach, Fla., that is estimated to cost nearly $80 million, according to a report from The Real Deal.