Tag: mergers
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KentuckyOne Health parent firm’s debt rating downgraded again; explores merger that would create largest not-for-profit chain
Flaget Memorial Hospital at Bardstown is part of the chain. S&P Global Ratings has cut its debt rating for Catholic Health Initiatives, a nonprofit with KentuckyOne Health hospitals in Louisville, Lexington,...
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Humana says it will pull out of government health-insurance exchanges next year
Humana Inc. announced Feb. 14 that it would stop selling health insurance through the government marketplaces created by federal health reform. That made the Louisville-based company “the first major insurer to cast...
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Judge blocks Humana-Aetna merger; appeal in doubt; Aetna’s ‘leverage’ attempt jeopardized Obamacare exchanges
A federal judge blocked Aetna Inc.‘s bid to buy Louisville-based Humana Inc. on grounds that it would reduce competition for consumers in Medicare Advantage markets, because it would ultimately affect...
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American Medical Association says Humana takeover by Aetna would reduce health-insurance competition in Kentucky
Humana Inc.‘s proposed takeover by Aetna Inc. would hurt health-insurance competition in 57 metropolitan areas in 15 states, especially Kentucky and Georgia, says an analysis by the American Medical Association....
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Another rural Ky. hospital will become part of a new group to stay afloat; Glasgow’s hospital is buying Columbia’s bankrupt one
ColumbiaMagazine.com Another rural Kentucky hospital is merging with a larger hospital system in order to keep its doors open. T.J. Regional Health, the parent company of T.J. Samson Community...
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Non-profit hospitals in Flemingsburg and Horse Cave become part of larger groups in order to stay open
Two more rural Kentucky hospitals, Caverna Memorial Hospital in Horse Cave and Fleming County Hospital in Flemingsburg, are merging with larger hospital groups in an effort to make ends meet....
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Politicians, economists and journalists debate the reasons for, and the impact of, proposed sale of Humana to Aetna
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The purchase of Louisville-based Humana Inc. by fellow health-insurance giant Aetna Inc. for $37 billion still needs approval from federal anti-trust officials, partly because...
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Aetna is close to a deal to buy Humana, Bloomberg reports
Getty Images, via CNBC Health insurer Aetna “is said to be closing in on a deal to buy” Louisville-based Humana Inc., Julie Hyman reports for Bloomberg News, “and a deal...
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Merger mania: Aetna bids for Humana; Cigna may want it too; Anthem has bid for Cigna; UnitedHealth makes a play for Aetna
Aetna Inc. has made a bid to buy Louisville-based Humana Inc.,”one of a number of recent moves by big health insurers to find merger partners,” Dana Mattioli and Liz Hoffman...
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Judge rules University of Louisville’s hospital is public and subject to Open Records Act; it may appeal
The University of Louisville‘s hospital is a public entity, a Jefferson Circuit Court judge has ruled in a lawsuit filed to get access to the university’s deals with other health...