UnitedHealth to buy Sierra Health
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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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PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. (PHS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , one of the biggest Medicare plan providers, said on Wednesday it has agreed to buy health-care benefits provider American Medical Security Group Inc.
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Acute care hospital operator Select Medical Corp. said Monday it will be acquired by a new company formed by a private equity firm for $18 per share in cash or about $2.
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Pharmaceutical services company   AmerisourceBergen Corp. ABC.N said on Monday it has agreed to   buy Health Advocates Inc. for about $83 million in cash in a   move that will expand its workers' compensation business.
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NEW YORK/PHILADELPHIA  - Pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions Inc  said on Tuesday that it would buy PolyMedica Corp , which distributes blood-glucose tests, for $1.2 billion to expand its services for diabetics.
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Anthem Inc. ATH.N and WellPoint  Health Networks Inc. WLP.N on Tuesday sealed their $16.5  billion merger, creating the biggest health insurance company  in the United States with 28 million members.
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Manor Care, the nursing home operator and long-term health care provider, said that it had agreed to be acquired by the Carlyle Group for $4.9 billion.
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British property firm Segro has agreed to sell its U.S. life sciences real-estate business to Health Care Property Investors Inc. for $2.9 billion as it moves to focus on Britain and continental Europe.
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Health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc.  said on Monday it would acquire Sierra Health Services Inc.  for more than $2.4 billion to help it expand in the fast-growing U.S. Southwest region.
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Sonic Healthcare Ltd., Australiaâs top pathology group, said Friday it had agreed to buy Sunrise Medical Laboratories.
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US health titan Johnson and Johnson has reached a deal to acquire US heart device manufacturer Guidant Corporation, in a stock-and-cash deal valued at $23.9 billion, based on $76 a share, the companies said in a statement early this morning.
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UnitedHealth Group, the nation's second-largest managed care company, reported Thursday that fourth-quarter earnings leapt 45.8 percent, capping a year in which it added six million new members.
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California&#39;s insurance commissioner said Tuesday he would approve the proposed merger between health insurance giants WellPoint Health Networks and Anthem.
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Coventry Health Care Inc. (CVH.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday agreed to buy rival health plan First Health Group Corp. (FHCC.
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Rural hospital operator LifePoint  Hospitals Inc. LPNT.O agreed to buy rival Province Healthcare  Co. PRV.N for $1.0 billion in cash and stock to broaden its  geographic reach, the companies said on Monday.
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Coventry Health Care Inc. on Thursday said it agreed to buy rival health plan First Health Group Corp. 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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California's insurance commissioner approved a $16.4 billion merger creating the nation's largest health insurance company yesterday, after saying he had wrung hundreds of millions of dollars out of the companies involved that would be used to improve healthcare in the state.