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Survey%3A Many Employers Accept Medicare Drug Subsidies
By Matt BradyMost employers that offer retiree drug benefits are waiting to see how the new Medicare drug program performs before dropping their own retiree drug ...
December 07, 2005
Small Employers Get HRA OptionThe health coverage unit of UnitedHealth Group Inc. has introduced the UnitedHealthcare Definity HRA program.[@@]The program offers health reimbursement arrangement programs designed for employers ...
December 06, 2005
IBM Veteran Moves To ACORDThe Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development has hired Cindy Maike to be director of standards planning.[@@]Maike previously was chief standards officer for ...
December 06, 2005
HealthMarket To Power HSA ProgramHealthEquity Inc. will be joining with UICI to sell HealthMarket Consumer Driven Health Plans in Georgia and Texas starting in January 2006.[@@]The plans will ...
December 06, 2005
Carrier Enters Empire State Dental MarketRenaissance Health Insurance Company of New York has started selling ancillary benefits in New York state.[@@]Renaissance New York, an affiliate of xxx, says it ...
December 06, 2005
Tractor Maker Sells Managed Care UnitA subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group Inc. is paying $500 million to acquire John Deere Health Care Inc. from Deere & Company.[@@]Deere, Moline, Ill., the ...
December 06, 2005
Health Appraisals%2C Coaches Take OffSome wellness programs have flourished in the past few years.[@@]Researchers at Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Washington, and the National Business Group on Health, Washington, have ...
December 06, 2005
Regulators Work On LTC Model UpdateAn insurance company executive could not persuade regulators here to oppose a long term care insurance external review proposal.[@@]Regulators attending the winter meeting of ...