The following payers made headlines this week, beginning with the most recent.
Transactions & Valuation Issues
Indianapolis-based Anthem filed preliminary plans to sell insurance on 2018 ACA exchanges in Kentucky and Virginia, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The Savannah, Ga.-based Memorial Health board of directors and the Chatham County Hospital Authority approved Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Holdings' proposal to purchase Memorial University Medical Center, also in Savannah.
Shares of Camp Hill, Pa.-based Rite Aid fell after a report surfaced indicating the Federal Trade Commission may file a lawsuit to halt the company's $7 billion deal with Deerfield, Ill.-based Walgreens Boots Alliance, according to Bloomberg.
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas may expand its partnership with Cleveland Clinic to incorporate additional opportunities for students of the university's new medical school, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
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Yuma (Ariz.) Regional Medical Center revealed plans to form a strategic partnership with Accumen to improve the medical center's laboratory initiatives.
Louisville, Ky.-based Passport Health Plan, a Medicaid managed care organization, will develop a 20-acre health and wellness campus to offer community health services and house its headquarters.
Louisville, Ky.-based Humana proposed double-digit premium increases for its small group preferred provider organization and health maintenance organization health plans, according to Phoenix Business Journal.
Veterans in the Phoenix area will be able to use their federal healthcare benefits at CVS MinuteClinics to treat minor illnesses and injuries under a new pilot program, according to ABC News.
Global management consulting firm Bain & Co. released its latest report examining trends in healthcare private equity and corporate mergers and acquisitions.