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Health insurance news and analysis, with coverage of general health insurance trends, major medical insurance, disability insurance, dental insurance, vision plans, telemedicine plans, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, short-term health insurance, the Affordable Care Act public exchange program, and more.
UnitedHealth Merges TPA Operations
By Staff WriterA managed care giant has combined third-party administration operations it already owned with newly acquired TPA operations.The UnitedHealthcare arm of UnitedHealth Group Inc., Minnetonka, Minn., ...
May 14, 2008
Ternian To Post Doctor Office Visit FeesA Southwestern company is setting up a medical price Web site aimed mainly at consumers who are uninsured or underinsured.Ternian Insurance Group L.L.C., Phoenix, will ...
May 13, 2008
Medicare assets and expenditures30.8%: Percent of health care spending in the United States that goes to hospital care. 21.2%: Percent of U.S. health care spending that goes to physician or clinical services. 10.1%: Percent of U.S. health care spending that
May 13, 2008
CDA: LTD Claim Payments RiseThe major private U.S. disability insurers paid $7.7 billion in benefits in 2007, up 7% from the 2006 total.Benefits payments rose 4.3% at the Social ...
May 13, 2008
Guardian Unit Updates Disability PolicyBerkshire Life Insurance Company of America is rolling out a new version of the ProVider Plus individual disability insurance policy.The new version offers the addition ...
May 13, 2008
Guardian Unit Updates Disability PolicyBerkshire Life Insurance Company of America is rolling out a new version of the ProVider Plus individual disability insurance policy.The new version offers the addition ...
May 13, 2008
Aon: LTC Provider Liability EasesThe average long term care liability claim fell sharply between 1998 and 2007, according to Aon Corp.Researchers at Aon, Chicago, found that the average general ...
May 12, 2008
Medicare assets and expenditures30.8%: Percent of health care spending in the United States that goes to hospital care. 21.2%: Percent of U.S. health care spending that goes to physician or clinical services. 10.1%: Percent of U.S. health care spending that