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Fiserv Consolidates Health TPA Operations
By Staff WriterA large financial services support company is combining its benefits administration operations.[@@]The company, Fiserv Health, Minneapolis, a unit of Fiserv Inc., Brookfield, Wis., says ...
December 11, 2005
'Tis The Season...As the festive old song goes, "'Tis the season to be jolly." So, let's dream for a while, because that's the only way a lot ...
December 09, 2005
Survey%3A Health Problems Can Wreck Retirement PlansCritical illness poses a serious threat to 401(k) assets.[@@]Researchers at a unit of MetLife Inc., New York, have published data supporting that conclusion in ...
December 08, 2005
Miami Chamber Leader Joins Health InsurerBlue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida has hired George Foyo to be president of its South Florida Market.[@@]Foyo is president of the Greater ...
December 08, 2005
Firm To Assess Disease Management ProgramsThe APEX Management Group will be using its predictive models and forecasting tools to analyze the effectiveness of efforts to improve care for health ...
December 08, 2005
Survey%3A High Deductible Plan Members See Less Cost DataMembers of "consumer-driven health plans" and ordinary high-deductible health insurance plans may be getting less information about the cost of care than members of ...
December 07, 2005
Survey%3A Many Employers Accept Medicare Drug SubsidiesMost 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
CAQH%3A Service Saves Doctors%27 TimeThe Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare says its Universal Credentialing DataSource program is up and running in all 50 states and the District of ...