Tenet Healthcare Corporation and Cigna Corporation have signed a new multi-year agreement that will extend and expand their network access. Through 2025, Tenet’s hospitals, physician clinics, and outpatient centers will be in-network for Cigna customers, including ambulatory facilities managed by United Surgical Partners International, which is consolidated in Tenet’s financial statements. “We are pleased to have reached this agreement with Cigna four months earlier than the expiration of our current contract,” said Ronald A. Rittenmeyer, Executive Chairman of Tenet Healthcare.

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In 2022, UnitedHealthcare will re-enter the Affordable Care Act fold by expanding its services to seven more states. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, and Texas are among the states where the payer is seeking regulatory clearance. “We are excited to have the opportunity to serve more people with affordable coverage options and the consumer-centric benefits we know that people want,” said Krista Nelson, UnitedHealthcare’s chief growth and experience officer. UnitedHealthcare’s last foray into state marketplaces ended in 2017 when the insurer pulled out of all but a “handful” of states. The newest statement signals a renewed commitment to reconstruction. UnitedHealthcare expanded into three states in 2021, and its planned expansion in 2022 will more than treble that.

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With considerable excitement, Apple introduced a new option allowing consumers to bring in their health records three years ago. Not long after Microsoft and Google had shut down their own personal record attempts, the business made its big appearance. Apple invited in healthcare executives, who praised the tool as a step toward “patient empowerment.” For its health records app, Apple has partnered with 700 providers. However, it confronts the same problem as earlier unsuccessful health-records initiatives: patient adoption.

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