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Louisville, Ky.-based Humana will lay off 1,300 employees in early 2018, according to the Courier Journal.

Louisville, Ky.-based Baptist Health plans to shut down its health plan operation in 2018, according to the Louisville Business First. 

UnitedHealthcare in Phoenix, part of the insurance branch of UnitedHealth Group, will lay off 381 employees, a company spokesperson told ABC 15.

Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group will hire 500 employees in Kansas, according to a KCUR 89.3 report.

Humana intends to hire 50 enrollment specialists to staff its Tricare military health plan operations at its Louisville, Ky., headquarters, according to a Louisville Business First report.

High physician turnover in the emergency department (ED) at Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, a member of Ascension Health, slowly degraded the patient experience. Adding to the problem was an ongoing struggle to recruit quality candidates. To resolve both staffing…

Louisville, Ky.-based Humana is looking to hire roughly 100 telesales employees in San Antonio for the fall enrollment period, KSAT-12 reports.

Insurance giant Aetna has opened its first Mindfulness Center at its headquarters in Hartford, Conn., according to HartfordBusiness.com.

The following payers made headlines this past week, beginning with the most recent.

Indianapolis-based Anthem opened an 80,000-square-foot office in Cincinnati Thursday.