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.
GAO Reports That Blues Dominate Many Small Group Markets
By Allison BellUnitedHealth Group units also have a big presenceBusiness owners with fewer than 50 employees in some states may feel as if they already buy ...
October 19, 2005
Union To Fight WellChoice DealThe Service Employees International Union has set up a unit to campaign against efforts by WellPoint Inc. to acquire WellChoice Inc.[@@]WellPoint, Indianapolis, has offered ...
October 19, 2005
MultiPlan Teams With HealthASPeA giant health care provider network is working with a company that processes incoming medical claims to reach out to independent benefit plan administrators.[@@]MultiPlan ...
October 19, 2005
How Agents Can Best Deal With Impaired Health ClientsThey can be frustrating, but there are ways to work together effectivelyImpaired risk clients are a point of frustration for some agents.After establishing with ...
October 19, 2005
Cultural Underwriting: A Revived Disability Pricing Concept?Cultural underwriting was a hot topic in the 1990s, especially in the group disability insurance industry.It looked at a range of human resource and ...
October 19, 2005
Document Management Products Save Time, Boost EfficiencySoftware centralizes information, eliminates bottlenecks, improves workflowWhile dealing with documents traditionally involves labor in the form of gathering, classifying, prioritizing and distributing, new software ...
October 19, 2005
Arthritis: Outcomes Vary In Disability Insurance CasesTell me the many ways applications for disability income insurance can be declined or modified due to health reasons and I'll tell you the ...
October 19, 2005
Medical Reinsurance Reflects Evolving Health Care MarketThe U.S. medical reinsurance marketplace may not be as large as the life reinsurance and property-casualty markets but still plays an integral part in ...