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New York Life Releases LTC Cost Figures
By Trevor ThomasThe average cost of nursing home care was about 3% higher this year than in 2006, while home health care costs were up 12%, New ...
November 29, 2007
Disability Insurer Returns As Ski Event BackerHartford Financial Services Inc. once again is sponsoring a major winter sports gathering for people with disabilities.The latest 1-week Hartford Ski Spectacular is scheduled to ...
November 29, 2007
Firm Releases LTC Presentation PackageA long term care insurance marketing specialist has unveiled a new collection of long term care insurance marketing tools.Allan Checkoway's ElderCare Publishing, Newton, Ma., has ...
November 29, 2007
Regence: Consumers Say They Want To Shop For CarePatients may be more interested than experts realize in analyzing the cost and quality of medical care.Researchers at Regence, Portland, Ore., a health insurer group ...
November 29, 2007
Regence: Consumers Say They Want To Shop For CarePatients may be more interested than experts realize in analyzing the cost and quality of medical care.Researchers at Regence, Portland, Ore., a health insurer group ...
November 29, 2007
Conseco Hands Off LTC Closed Block AdministrationConseco Inc. is going ahead with a plan to outsource its customer call center and claims processing for older blocks of long term care insurance.The ...
November 29, 2007
Moses To Lead LTC CampaignA prominent long term care insurance advocate is going on the road with the message that the United States needs private alternatives to Medicaid nursing ...
November 28, 2007
Health Net To Help UnitedHealth Into TriCare MarketA managed care giant is working with a smaller competitor to woo the U.S. Department of Defense.UnitedHealth Group Inc., Minnetonka, Minn., says its new military ...