AET News and Press, Aetna Inc. From 09/28/18

In this post, you will find a few updates on currently followed deals. Little by little, I will try to expand to other special situations covering deals that I find particularly interesting. The goal is still to make these series into daily posts. Updates On Healthcare Mergers As expe...

Aimed at getting a thumbs up from antitrust watchdogs for its planned takeover by CVS Health ( CVS +1% ), Aetna ( AET +0.8% ) has agreed to sell its Medicare Part D prescription business to WellCare Health Plans ( WCG +4.2% ). More news on: CVS Health Corporation, Aetna, Inc., Well...

The letter from NY Dept. of Financial Services chief Maria Vullo was sent last week to the Connecticut Insurance Dept.'s Katherine Wade. A hearing on the merger in Connecticut is set for Oct. 4. More news on: Aetna, Inc., CVS Health Corporation, Cigna Corp., Healthcare stocks news, Merger ...

WASHINGTON , Sept. 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- There are clear links between race, ethnicity, geography and drivers of health outcomes in the U.S., a special report from U.S. News & World Report finds. In one of the largest assessments of social determinants of health to...

Aetna (NYSE:  AET ) has named Keith Wisdom as the Chief Executive Officer for Aetna Better Health ® of Kansas, Aetna’s Medicaid health plan in the state. Aetna Better Health was recently selected by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to offer Medicaid benefit...

Aetna ( AET +0.1% )  announced that Richard Weiss has been named president of its Florida market. More news on: Aetna, Inc., Read more ...

Aetna (NYSE:  AET ) has announced that Richard Weiss has been named president of its Florida market. In this role, Weiss has profit and loss responsibility for the market’s small group, large group, public & labor and Medicare businesses. “Richard brings strong lea...

Aetna Foundation Provides $100,000 Contribution to the North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund Aetna (NYSE: AET) is offering additional assistance to members in Maryland, Georgia and Washington, D.C. ahead of Hurricane Florence making landfall. Earlier this week, Aetna modified its polic...

This is the third part in the list of M&A deals that I am currently follow. See intro to the new Special Situation series here . Out of the transaction listed below my favorite is Sibanye/Lonmin with both shareholders and regulatory approvals expected to pass easily. 30% of shareholders...

Bloomberg reports that pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are largely responsible for the ever-increasing costs of prescription medicines, particularly generics, to the bane of pharmacies who have to settle for skimpy reimbursements. More news on: UnitedHealth Group Inc., Express Scripts, ...