UConn Health

More than three months after their previous three-year contract expired, UConn Health and Aetna Inc. have reached a new agreement.

The state Office of Health Strategy on Friday evening approved a $13 million deal for the University of Connecticut Health Center to purchase Waterbury Hospital.

Connecticut's healthcare sector faces rising insurance costs, with rates up 16.8% for individual plans, potential Medicaid cuts affecting 150,000 residents, and the state tapping its rainy day fund to offset federal funding losses.

Farmington-based UConn Health has reached an agreement on a new contract with UnitedHealthcare.

UConn Health is pursuing a major expansion, bidding $13M for Waterbury Hospital and negotiating to acquire Bristol Hospital and Day Kimball Hospital. State lawmakers approved $390M in bonding to support the strategy.

State hospital regulators have scheduled a public hearing next week on UConn Health’s bid to acquire Waterbury Hospital.

UConn Health has filed an emergency certificate of need application (E-CON) with the state seeking approval to acquire Waterbury Hospital, outlining a $225 million turnaround plan that would convert the for-profit facility back to nonprofit status.

The contentious negotiations between UConn Health and Aetna Inc. failed to reach an agreement before their contract expired this week.

Negotiations between UConn Health and Aetna Inc. on a new multiyear contract appear to have reached an impasse just 10 days before the existing contract is set to expire.

Connecticut’s remaining independent hospitals are dwindling — and the list could soon get shorter. UConn Health, which operates...