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...Centene also found it difficult because its GP practices in north London were not near any Circle/BMI hospitals, and Centene found it hard to incentivise doctors, according to analysts....
...In December, health insurer Centene struck a settlement with Politan Capital Management, a new activist fund created by Quentin Koffey, a former portfolio manager at Elliott....
...Centene said it had secured financing for the deal, with Barclays committed to lend $8.35bn to fund the takeover....
...(FT) News round-up Centene to buy WellCare in $17bn US healthcare deal (FT) UN accuses Blackstone of contributing to global housing crisis (Guardian) Unions warn Deutsche Bank over planned Commerzbank...
...Centene, which administers Medicaid programs and sells health plans to the ACA’s exchanges, was trading down by as much as 3.8 per cent today before Mr McCain’s comments sent the shares up as much as 4.2...
...Shares in Molina Healthcare fell 4.3 per cent to $60.66, while those in Centene declined 5.2 per cent to $88.78....
...WellCare Health fell 2.5 per cent and Centene and Molina Healthcare were both down around 1.5 per cent....
...WellCare Health dropped 0.4 per cent while Centene and Molina Healthcare were off by 0.4 per cent and 0.8 per cent, respectively....
...Insurer Genworth Financial and Western Digital Corp were also strong performers on the S&P 500, rising 2.79 per cent to $7.74 and 1.8 per cent to $80.87 respectively....
...Centene (sixth) bought Health Net (seventh). And on Friday Aetna (third) announced it would buy Humana (fifth). Time to close the trade?...
...WellPoint, the US health insurer, has agreed to buy rival Amerigroup Corp in a $4.9bn cash acquisition that analysts say could be the start of a wave of consolidation in the sector following the US Supreme...
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