The UnitedHealth Group said yesterday that it had agreed to acquire AmeriChoice, a privately held Medicaid services provider, for $530 million in stock. UnitedHealth said that it would also assume $30 million in AmeriChoice debt. AmeriChoice, based in Vienna, Va., provides Medicaid services to low-income Americans in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. UnitedHealth is a diversified health care company based in Minnetonka, Minn.
Reptiles do not hibernate, they go through a process known as brumating/brumate Reptiles are exothermic and require a stable ambient temperature to thrive. When a country/re â¦ gion is in it's winter months, where temperatures are slightly lower and the amount of sunlight is cut down, a gecko will go through brumation.amsters can go into this hibernating state and they have retained the ability to do so in captivity. A true hibernation is a state of dormancy that allows an animal to conserve energy during the winter months when food is in short supply.
For the purposes of this article, we'll use the term hibernation to describe any long-term reduction in body temperature (hypothermia) and metabolism during winter months. When an animal enters a hibernationlike state during the summer, it's known as estivation. It's much less common than hibernation. Hibernation in reptiles is sometimes called brumation. It differs from mammalian hibernation because reptiles are cold-blooded -- they can't control their own body temperature, so they need to spend the winter in a place that will stay warm enough.