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Sanford Health, headquartered in Sioux Falls, North Dakota and North Memorial Health, in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, have agreed to merge as a single nonprofit health system, according to Sanford Health.

Sanford Health, a large regional rural nonprofit health system of 58 hospitals, and North Memorial Health, a health system based in the Twin Cities, have sig...

Optum Rx has announced that it is replacing the traditional pharmacy benefit manager model with a transparent, fee‑based structure.

The model, being offered to every Optum Rx PBM customer, changes how pharmacy benefits are priced and delivered. Currently, drug prices are set by manufacturers or prescription volume.

Effective July 1, CarolinaEast Medical Center in North Carolina will no longer be in-network with UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage Benefit Plan or Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage Plan.

"This was a difficult decision," the CarolinaEast Health System said by statement. "However, over time, the burdensome payment policies, denials, and rei...