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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.
Hospital Sues Carrier Over Utilization Review
By Staff WriterA New York hospital is clashing with a health insurer over the standards used to decide whether the care provided to patients was medically necessary.Lawyers ...
April 12, 2007
UnitedHealth Sub Posts HSA ContentGolden Rule Insurance Company has set up a Web site to explain the health savings account program.Golden Rule, Indianapolis, a unit of UnitedHealth Group Inc., ...
April 12, 2007
Doctors Worry About Effects Of Health AccountsPhysicians say the "consumer driven health care" movement may improve service but cut use of medically necessary procedures.Researchers at Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., New York, ...
April 12, 2007
Firm Tightens Focus On Cutting Health CostsMeritain Health Inc. has set up a cost management strategies department.Meritain, Amherst, N.Y., helps employers manage self-funded health plans.The new department will look for ways ...
April 12, 2007
Doctors Worry About Effects Of Health AccountsPhysicians say the "consumer driven health care" movement may improve service but cut use of medically necessary procedures.Researchers at Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., New York, ...
April 12, 2007
Alabama National To Sell Insurance UnitAlabama National BanCorp. has agreed to sell its insurance agency.The sale of ANB Insurance Services Inc. to S.S. Nesbitt & Company Inc., a subsidiary of ...
April 11, 2007
Senate Panel Members Back Insurers On Medicare PlansBoth Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee praised a Medicare Advantage program proposal offered by insurers.Committee members implied that Medicare Advantage program critics ...
April 11, 2007
Senate Panel Members Back Insurers On Medicare PlansBoth Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee praised a Medicare Advantage program proposal offered by insurers.Committee members implied that Medicare Advantage program critics ...