Anthem completed its acquisition of the nation's largest independent behavioral health organization, Beacon Health Options, March 2.
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Cigna will administer Houston Methodist's health plan that covers 26,000 employees, in addition to signing an in-network contract with the facility, the organizations said March 2.
Launched in 2019, UnitedHealth Group's Harmony health plan aims to steer patients to physician practices owned by Optum, according to Bloomberg.
Less than one year after opening two retail clinics in grocery stores, Clarkston, Wash.-based Tri-State Memorial Hospital will close them, according to the Lewiston Tribune.
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems is ending inpatient care at two Florida hospitals and then selling the facilities to Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, according to The Florida Times-Union.
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Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health and Minnetonka, Minn.-based insurer UnitedHealthcare won the 2020 CMS Health Equity Award.
Humana and Aledade, a company that partners with primary care practices to improve ACO processes, expanded their partnership for Humana's Medicare Advantage members in North Carolina.
The prevalence of obesity in U.S. adults was 42.4 percent in 2017-18, hitting a 20-year high, according to CDC data.
Screening programs for social determinants of health do not always detect patients who have trouble paying utility bills, according to a Boston Medical Center study published in The Journal of Ambulatory Care Management.
St. John's Health in Jackson, Wyo., is offering a "lifestyle medicine" program with a tailored focus beginning in March, Jackson Hole News & Guide reports.