Health insurer Cigna is slated to acquire pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts in a $67 billion deal that includes $15 billion of debt. Cigna CEO David Cordani spoke with Business Insider about the transaction and its intended effects on the American healthcare system.  By Morgan Haefner - 7/23/18

UnitedHealth Group's insurance business, UnitedHealthcare, will sell individual policies on Massachusetts' government-run insurance exchange after largely exiting the exchanges in 2017, according to the Star Tribune.  By Morgan Haefner - 7/23/18

NovuHealth named Eileen Cianciolo chief product officer, a newly created position.  By Anuja Vaidya - 7/23/18

Consumers across the U.S. are reportedly receiving automated calls from scammers posing as  Premier Health representatives selling Premier Health Plan insurance, according to a WHIO TV 7 report.  By Julie Spitzer - 7/23/18

CareMount Medical Group, a 560-physician group in Chappaqua, N.Y., inked risk-based agreements with three Medicare Advantage health insurers: Aetna, Anthem and WellCare.  By Morgan Haefner - 7/20/18

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by 18 states and the District of Columbia over the Trump administration's move to halt cost-sharing reduction payments to health insurers participating on the ACA marketplace, according to Health Affairs.  By Morgan Haefner - 7/20/18

Thousands of Highmark Medicare Advantage members will lose in-network access to Pittsburgh-based UPMC a year earlier than expected, according to a state Supreme Court decision cited by Trib Live.  By Morgan Haefner - 7/20/18

Anthem has come under intense scrutiny by providers in recent months for denying patients' emergency room claims it deemed unwarranted. While a recent congressional report indicates Anthem has largely reversed the policy, some experts suggest the insurer may still be primed to save thousands of dollars on patient claims, The New York Times reports.  By Alyssa Rege & Morgan Haefner - 7/19/18

A joint investigation by NPR and ProPublica examines how the health insurance industry aggregates and utilizes individuals' "lifestyle" data to inform how much they should be charged for health insurance.  By Alyssa Rege - 7/19/18

TriHealth, a five-hospital system in Cincinnati, and St. Elizabeth Healthcare, a six-hospital system in Covington, Ky., will collaborate with Mutual of Omaha and Lumeris on a value-based Medicare Advantage product.  By Morgan Haefner - 7/17/18

The Medical Association of Georgia and the American College of Emergency Physicians sued Anthem for denying payment for some emergency department services, according to a Bloomberg report.  By Morgan Haefner - 7/17/18

Walmart tapped Humana's former vice president of innovation Sean Slovenski to run its healthcare and wellness unit, according to an internal memo obtained by Bloomberg.  By Morgan Haefner - 7/17/18

UnitedHealth Group recorded a 28 percent increase in net income during the second quarter of fiscal year 2018 as its Medicare Advantage membership grew and all its Optum units saw double-digit gains.  By Morgan Haefner - 7/17/18

The House Ways and Means Committee last week approved 11 bills related to expanding health savings accounts, largely along party lines.  By Emily Rappleye - 7/16/18

America's Health Insurance Plans added four health insurers to its ranks, the health insurance industry's largest trade organization said July 16.  By Morgan Haefner - 7/16/18

U.S. antitrust regulators might not attempt to block CVS Health's proposed $68 billion takeover of Aetna, according to Bloomberg, which cites a report by Reorg Research.  By Morgan Haefner - 7/13/18

Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center, a part of Hackensack Meridian Health in Edison, N.J., will offer bundled payments for UnitedHealthcare members receiving knee, hip and spine procedures at the hospital, according to NJ Biz.  By Morgan Haefner - 7/13/18

Patients face higher costs and increasingly narrow healthcare networks in ACA exchange markets, a new study reveals.  By Kelly Gooch - 7/12/18

A recent claims review by Aetna revealed that each month, between 300 and 400 of its members are treated for opioid overdoses in emergency rooms.  By Morgan Haefner - 7/12/18

Ten days after closing a deal to buy Louisville, Ky.-based post-acute care provider Kindred Healthcare, Humana and two private equity firms completed a $1.4 billion acquisition of hospice operator Curo Health Services, based in Mooresville, N.C. — paving the way for the trio to become the largest hospice operator in the nation.  By Alia Paavola - 7/12/18