Health Insurance
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.
Connecture Installs 4 New Web Systems
By Staff WriterA health insurance technology company says it carried out more than 80 product implementations in 2007.Connecture Inc., Atlanta, says it set up completely new installations ...
January 09, 2008
UnitedHealth Unit To Scoop Up Government Plan SpecialistAmeriChoice has agreed to acquire Unison Health Plan of Pennsylvania Inc.AmeriChoice is a unit of UnitedHealth Group Inc., Minnetonka, Minn., that administers health coverage for ...
January 09, 2008
Health Costs Rise Faster Than Insurance PremiumsTotal U.S. private health insurance premium expenditures increased more slowly in 2006 than overall national health expenditures increased.Researchers with the Office of the Actuary at ...
January 09, 2008
Researchers Find Elbow Grease Counts In HSA MarketSmall businesses in areas where producers are active in promoting health savings accounts are more likely to adopt HSA programs than small businesses in other ...
January 09, 2008
Skywire Updates Group Insurance Document SystemA software company has announced a new version of a package that insurers can use to prepare group life and health documents.Skywire Software L.L.C., Frisco, ...
January 08, 2008
CMS Changes Low-Income Rate RulesThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will be making it easier for some Medicare drug plan vendors to offer discounts for poor beneficiaries.Plans may ...
January 08, 2008
State Regulator Seeks Control Over Individual Health RatesWashington State Insurance Commissioner Myron Kreidler says he will be asking lawmakers to restore the commissioner's authority to regulate individual health insurance rates.Since Washington deregulated ...
January 08, 2008
CMS Changes Low-Income Rate RulesThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will be making it easier for some Medicare drug plan vendors to offer discounts for poor beneficiaries.Plans may ...