Humana buying CarePlus Health Plans
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The health insurer expects the proposed $408M acquisition to boost its offerings of Medicare plans. CHICAGO  - Health insurer Humana Inc.
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Health insurer Humana Inc  on Monday posted sharply higher quarterly profit, helped by its health plans for both Medicare recipients and employers.
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THE REGION Network Health, the Cambridge health plan for Medicaid recipients and consumers purchasing low-cost insurance under the state's healthcare reform plan, said it has significantly expanded its choice of doctors and hospitals for members. The insurer said it signed agreements with Brigham and Women's Hospital, North Shore Medical Center, Newton Wellesley Hospital, Faulkner Hospital and other members of Partners ...
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PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. , one of the biggest Medicare plan providers, said on Wednesday it has agreed to buy health-care benefits provider American Medical Security Group Inc. for &#36;502 million to expand its product offerings to individuals and small businesses.
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PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. will pay $502 million to buy all outstanding shares of common stock of American Medical Security. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Cypress-based PacifiCare will pay $32.
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The knee and ankle brace maker said it agreed to be bought by the medical device maker ReAble Therapeutics for about $1.6 billion including debt.
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Coventry Health Care Inc. CVH.N on  Thursday agreed to buy rival health plan First Health Group  Corp. FHCC.O for $1.8 billion in stock and cash as it looks  to expand its geographic reach and keep pace with rivals.
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U.S. pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts Inc.  said on Monday it was offering to buy rival Caremark RX  for about $26 billion, threatening to break up an offer made last month by drugstore chain CVS Corp. .
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Priceline has been sold to Australian Pharmaceutical Industries for $112 million in cash and shares just six months after the health and beauty care chain was bought by local managers from its South African parent.
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In another sign insurers are betting that high-deductible insurance policies are the future of health care, UnitedHealth Group said Monday that it had agreed to purchase Definity Health for $300 million.
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The $2.6 billion purchase will give UnitedHealth, the nation's largest health insurance company, its first managed care presence in Nevada.
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Health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc.  said on Monday it would acquire Sierra Health Services Inc.  for $43.50 per share to help it expand in the fast-growing U.S. Southwest.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Shares of health care insurers got another shot Tuesday, largely due to the expected merger of WellPoint Health Networks and Anthem.
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Health insurer Humana Inc. posted a rise in quarterly profit on Monday as the company&#39;s Medicare business gained and it kept health premiums ahead of soaring underlying medical costs.
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PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. PHS.N  said on Wednesday it agreed to buy American Medical Security  Group Inc. AMZ.N for $502 million, in a bid by the health  insurer to broaden into the individual and small-business  markets.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Pharmacy-benefit manager Express Scripts launched an unsolicited $26 billion bid Monday to acquire its larger competitor Caremark Rx, potentially scuttling a competing offer from the CVS drug store chain. The deal, if approved, may help cut drug prices for consumers.
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CVC Asia Pacific, a buyout firm, said it had agreed to buy the DCA Group for 1.7 billion Australian dollars ($1.3 billion) to gain control of an Australian provider of hospitals for the elderly. CVC will pay 3.50 Australian dollars for each share of DCA, 35 percent more than the stockÂs price on Sept. 8, when DCA said it had received takeover offers. DCA owns 229 X-ray clinics and 6,000 nursing home beds, mostly in Australia. CVC Asia is owned by Citigroup and CVC Capital Partners of London.