AETNA NAMES GHOSE VP, PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Aetna Inc. (Hartford, CT) has named Mohit Ghose vice president of public affairs.

A.M. BEST DOWNGRADES HEALTH NET OUTLOOK
A.M. Best (Oldwick, NJ) has downgraded the ratings outlook for Health Net (Woodland Hills, NJ) to negative from stable.

CENTENE WINS AZ ACUTE CARE CONTRACT
Centene Corp. (St. Louis) said it has won a three-year contract to provide acute care services to Medicaid recipients in Yavapai County, AZ.

UNITED NAMES BOUDREAUX PRESIDENT, COMMERCIAL MARKETS
UnitedHealth Group (Minnetonka, MN) has named Gail Boudreaux president of the company’s commercial markets group, effective May 5.

MEDCO RENEWS UNITED PBM BUSINESS
Medco Health Solutions (Franklin Lakes, NJ) will hold onto the pharmacy benefit management business of UnitedHealth Group after all. Medco announced an agreement to continue to provide PBM services to United through Dec. 31, 2012

WELLPOINT TO ACQUIRE DECARE DENTAL
WellPoint Inc. (Indianapolis) announced an agreement to acquired DeCare Dental (Minneapolis), which acts as a third-party administrator of dental benefits for 10 dental plans representing 3.9 million lives and 21,000 group clients.