MinuteClinic, the retail medical clinic chain belonging to Woonsocket, R.I.-based CVS Health, joined the Alere eScreen Occupational Health Network to provide workplace health testing.
Transactions & Valuation Issues
New York City-based Oscar Health and Louisville, Ky.-based Humana will offer small employer health plans in Nashville, Tenn., through a strategic partnership.
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare entered into an agreement to purchase 103-bed Weatherford (Texas) Regional Medical Center from subsidiaries of Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems.
Brentwood, Tenn.-based Quorum Health has signed a letter of intent to sell L.V. Stabler Memorial Hospital, a 72-bed facility in Greenville, Ala., to the City of Greenville.
Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna acquired Dubai-based general insurance company Zurich Insurance Middle East in June.
OptumRx, the pharmacy benefit management subsidiary of Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group, won a bid to manage New Jersey's roughly $2 billion drug benefit program for state employees.
Madison-based UW Health and UnityPoint Health-Meriter, also in Madison, finalized their joint operating agreement July 1.
Penn State Health, the parent company of Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center, completed its acquisition of Lancaster, Pa.-based Physicians' Alliance, the Central Penn Business Journal reports.
Houston-based Memorial Hermann has added two microhospitals to its network through a joint venture with The Woodlands, Texas-based Emerus.
The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission, an independent state agency, declared its intent to formally review Boston-based Partners HealthCare's proposed merger with Boston-based Massachusetts Eye and Ear July 7, the Boston Business Journal reports.