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Tufts Health Plan, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care combine

PROVIDENCE – Having cleared all regulatory hurdles, Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care have officially combined, creating a New England-region health-services organization that serves ...
The Providence Journal

McKee administration touts $15 billion Medicaid contract. Why 2 companies are protesting

PROVIDENCE – Two major players in the Rhode Island health insurance arena are protesting the award of a five-year Medicaid contract – worth upwards of $15 billion – to provide managed-care services to ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Tufts Health Plan wins 5-year contract to manage Rhode Island’s Medicaid program

The Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services selected Watertown, Mass.-based Tufts Health Plan to manage the state’s Medicaid program. Under the contract, Tufts will manage Rhode ...
Yahoo

Health New England sale called off, according to Baystate Health

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Health New England will not be sold to the parent company of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan. Health New England is currently owned by Baystate Health, ...
The Boston Globe

Point32Health lays off workers, after rising prescription drug costs lead to major losses

Point32Health, the owner of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, announced Monday that it laid off 110 people due to ongoing financial pressures afflicting insurers throughout the state.
The Boston Globe

Tufts Health Plan, Harvard Pilgrim owner to limit coverage of weight-loss drugs

Following the lead of its chief competitor, the state’s second-largest health insurer is significantly scaling back its coverage of costly GLP-1 drugs when used for weight loss beginning next year.