Greenport, N.Y.-based Eastern Long Island Hospital awaits the closure of its deal to join Stony Brook (N.Y.) University Hospital two years after ELIH's board of trustees greenlighted the affiliation, Southold Local reports.
Transactions & Valuation Issues
UnitedHealth Group constitutes more than 70 percent of successful business deals pursued by U.S. managed care companies during the past five years, according to a column published in Bloomberg Gadfly.
Oklahoma City-based Integris Health and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma in Tulsa eluded an Aug. 31 contract termination Tuesday.
Providence, R.I.-based Care New England's CEO Dennis Keefe wrote in a memo to staff that he is "confident" the deal with Boston-based Partners HealthCare will be finalized, according to WPRI.
Jefferson Healthcare and Discovery Behavioral Health, both in Port Townsend, Wash., are moving closer to finalizing details regarding their proposed affiliation, according to a Peninsula Daily News report.
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Indianapolis-based Anthem stopped covering outpatient MRIs and CT scans at hospitals without prior approval, according to the Indianapolis Business Journal.
The Advisory Board in Washington, D.C., will sell off its healthcare division to Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group's Optum arm for $1.3 billion, including debts, Reuters reports.
Becker's Hospital Review reported these 11 contract resolutions and dissolutions between payers and providers in August, beginning with the most recent.
Crystal Lake, Ill.-based Centegra Health System will stop accepting Aetna Better Health Medicaid plan Sept. 1, according to a Northwest Herald report.
Cleveland Clinic and CareSource, a Medicaid managed care plan in Dayton, Ohio, agreed to extend their in-network contract until Dec. 1.