NU Online News Service, Jan. 20, 2004, 11:32 a.m. EST – U.S. health maintenance organizations reported a 60% increase in profits for the first 3 months of 2003.[@@]
Successful efforts to cut costs and raise rates increased total HMO profits to $2.3 billion for the quarter, up from $1.4 billion for the first quarter of 2002, according to Weiss Ratings Inc., Jupiter, Fla.