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.
Nationwide Teams With Cambridge
By Staff WriterAn outsourcing company will be helping a national carrier run its integrated disability management program.The Nationwide Better Health unit of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, Columbus, ...
October 17, 2006
Snoopy Makes A DealInvestors have agreed to pay $5.4 billion to buy a pair of big residential real estate developments from MetLife Inc.Units of Tishman Speyer Properties Inc., ...
October 17, 2006
Analysts Dismiss Insurer Takeover RumorsUnumProvident Corp. watchers in the New York office of Fox-Pitt, Kelton say the Oct. 13 acquisition speculation was probably overblown.The price of shares issued by ...
October 17, 2006
URAC Releases PBM Accreditation DraftA group that helps set quality standards for health care organizations is developing a process for setting minimum standards for pharmacy benefit managers.URAC, Washington, has ...
October 17, 2006
Feds To Use Stick And Carrot To Get Disability Claimant InfoThe Social Security Administration has issued a final rule that could affect some U.S. disability insurers.The final rule, "Continuing Disability Review Failure To Cooperate Process," ...
October 17, 2006
MIB To Update Underwriting Review ServiceA unit of an organization that collects insurance consumer information is adding new features to its policy auditing program.MIB Solutions, an arm of MIB Group ...
October 17, 2006
URAC Releases PBM Accreditation DraftA group that helps set quality standards for health care organizations is developing a process for setting minimum standards for pharmacy benefit managers.URAC, Washington, has ...
October 16, 2006
Aetna Teams With HACUA health insurer is expanding efforts to market to Hispanic Americans.Aetna Inc., Hartford, has formed an alliance with the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, ...