Full Integration to Begin as Aetna Looks to Close Coventry Deal

By David Dankwa, Senior ReporterAetna is expected to close the $7.3 billion acquisition of Coventry Health Care within days and begin full execution of a three-year integration plan that it has been preparing since the transaction was announced last August.So far, there is no indication Aetna intends to shed any of Coventry’s businesses during that phase, although there is some speculation that it may look to prune the workers’ compensation services business. Coventry offers workers' compensation cost- and care-management services for employers, insurance carriers and third-par...