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14 HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | MAY 3, 2021 in medical practices." Although supported by the Connecticut State Medical Society, the bill failed to advance out of committee. Ongoing search for solutions Optum's Connecticut expansion highlights larger disruption ahead in the healthcare industry nationwide as costs mount, said Arnold Menchel, a partner at Hartford law firm Halloran & Sage who specializes in health care. Before joining the firm, Menchel spent three decades at the state attorney general's office working on cases involving Medicaid rate-setting, HIPAA enforcement and health insurance coverage. "I think this should be viewed in the context of a much bigger picture — which is the question of what has been at the forefront of health care for decades now — which is the com- peting goals of providing the highest quality care at the lowest possible price," Menchel said. "As a result of that ongoing search for a solution, we are seeing permutations and combi- nations that we haven't seen before ... for example a provider buying an insurance company, insurance com- panies buying providers, and all sorts of combinations in between such as accountable care organizations." As an example on the provider side, pharmacy giant CVS bought Aetna in 2018, promising "a new innovative healthcare model that is local, easier to use, less expensive and puts consumers at the center of their care." On the payer side, Centene Corp., Humana and Anthem have joined UnitedHealth Group in recent years in buy- ing physician groups and other providers to supplement their insurance business- es. Menchel said the difficulty of providing quality care at a low cost has stymied many past efforts over the decades, including several health plans started in Con- necticut by doctors in the 1990s. "In some ways, we have seen this before with for example, physicians creating entities to fulfill the function of an insur- ance company, such as M.D. Health Plan and Physicians Health Ser- vices," Menchel said. A California managed care company bought out both companies in the late 1990s amid ongoing losses and industry consolidation. Providers and payers are likely to continue to combine and recom- bine to figure out the right recipe, he added. "Which one or ones of these will ultimately prove to be successful, we don't know at this point," Menchel said. "We keep searching." Arnold Menchel A growing footprint Surgical Care Affiliates, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group's Optum division, has been growing its Connecticut presence. 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