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AMN Healthcare said the vacancy rate for physicians at hospitals now approaches 18 percent, while the vacancy rate for nurses is 17 percent.

The Supreme Court says a contractual limit on suing over health plan benefits is legal.

Unum Group said Friday that its board approved a plan to buy up to $750 million of its own stock by mid-June 2015.

Humana Inc. Chairman Michael B. McCallister will retire from the health insurer's board of directors a year after he stepped down as CEO.

Reports of the flu have been increasing, particularly in the South. But it's nothing like last year, when flu hit early and very hard in early December.

The St. Louis company said its outlook for the new year does not include its now discontinued Kentucky business, which had been dragging down the company's results and led to litigation.