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.
SHPS Unveils Health Risk Analysis Tool
By Staff WriterA benefit plan company has developed a tool an employer may be able to use to identify specific health risks and measure the effectiveness of ...
April 18, 2007
California Broker Chooses Coaching VendorJenkins-Athens Insurance Services Inc. has picked Healthyroads Inc. to supply a variety of wellness services.Healthyroads, part of American Specialty Inc., San Diego, will provide coaching ...
April 18, 2007
Aetna Expands Pay-For-Performance ProgramA managed care company will be rewarding more doctors for providing high-quality care.Aetna, Hartford, says it is adding family practice and internal medicine doctors in ...
April 18, 2007
Hartford And MetLife Affiliate Publish Free GuidesInsurers have come out with one booklet to help business owners and another aimed at consumers who are thinking about post-retirement health care costs.A unit ...
April 18, 2007
CalPERS' LTC Rates Spurt 33%The California Public Employees' Retirement System is raising premiums for its self-insured group long term care insurance plan by an average of 33.6%.The increase was ...
April 17, 2007
Iowa And Florida Act Against Tennessee EntityRegulators in 2 states are warning consumers against doing business with an organization that offers to trade what it calls a "tax-deductible installment plan" for ...
April 17, 2007
Survey: Health Account Plans Cut Use Of GenericsSome workers who have a financial incentive to stop using brand-name prescription drugs simply stop taking their drugs.Researchers at Express Scripts Inc., St. Louis, have ...
April 17, 2007
Labs To Mount Awareness CampaignThe American Clinical Laboratory Association is trying to win more respect for the facilities that help determine what health problems consumers actually have.The ACLA, Washington, ...