Centene's Meridian Health Plan will get NextLevel Health's more than 50,000 enrollees under a new agreement. As part of the deal, some NextLevel members will get help coordinating their care.

Insurance companies are paying fewer medical claims during the pandemic, with hospitals tabling pricey elective procedures like open-heart surgery to focus on treating coronavirus cases. 

As more independent practitioners find themselves in need of deeper pockets, the pandemic could present an opportunity for consolidators seeking acquisition targets.

Westlake Hospital in Melrose Park, Ill., has consistently been 80% empty in recent months and has been losing almost $3 million a month, its owner says.

A Chicago-based network of primary-care clinics serving the Medicare population is set to move into the Philadelphia market.

Outcome Health, a high-profile tech company based in Chicago, took a huge hit to its carefully polished image following allegations that the company has overbilled some drugmakers for advertising that may not have appeared.

Walgreens Boots Alliance is poised to revise its agreement to buy individual Rite Aid Corp. stores, a move that may be enough to resolve outstanding antitrust concerns and clinch U.S. approval for a deal the companies have been pursuing in different forms for two years.