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Cigna named new executives to pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts, which is part of the insurer's health services business.

Lexington (N.C.) Medical Center will close its labor and delivery unit by the end of June, reports Carolina Public Press. 

Layoffs at Health Care Service Corp., a new UnitedHealthcare-Walgreens partnership and an interview with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota's CEO were among the payer stories that piqued the interest of readers in January.

The Villages (Fla.) Regional Hospital was on lockdown for nearly three hours Jan. 26, after receiving an anonymous bomb threat, a spokesperson from the hospital's parent Gainesville-based University of Florida Health confirmed to Becker's Hospital Review.

February 2020 Issue of Becker’s Hospital Review   ON THE COVER Why Anthem doesn’t want to own physician practicesAs major health insurance companies are getting into the business of owning primary care practices, Anthem is pursuing a different strategy, according…

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente temporarily will close its Woodland Hills Medical Center in Los Angeles after being told the facility won't have running water for several more days.

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare will end inpatient services at its 160-bed Leonard Morse Hospital in Natick, Mass., according to The Boston Globe.

A patient in police custody escaped from Houston-based Ben Taub Hospital Jan. 15, reports KHOU.

All inpatient services, including emergency and surgical care, will end at UPMC Susquehanna Sunbury (Pa.) on Jan. 31, according to The Daily Item. 

Advocate Medical Group is closing its clinics in seven Chicago-area Walgreens stores on Feb. 15, according to the Chicago Tribune.