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Group Maps HSA Regulatory Progress
By Staff WriterThe Council for Affordable Health has published an updated version of its report on states' efforts to adapt to the health savings account program.[@@]Many ...
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 ...
December 05, 2005
HIAA Alum To Run Key Accounting PanelThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has picked William Gradison to be acting chairperson of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.[@@]The PCAOB is the ...