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Buck%3A Employers Still Epect Big Health Cost Increases
By Staff WriterA large benefits consulting firm says it sees signs that double-digit increases in health care benefits costs are continuing.[@@]Researchers at the firm, Buck Consultants, ...
September 21, 2005
Kaplan Moves To Health NetHealth Net of the Northeast has hired Eric Kaplan to be chief sales officer.[@@]Kaplan succeeds Paul Lambdin, who is now the chief commercial officer ...
September 21, 2005
CIGNA Wins Volunteer State ContractTennessee has picked CIGNA HealthCare to administer health coverage for 120,000 state and local government employees.[@@]Starting Jan. 1, 2006, CIGNA HealthCare, Bloomfield, Conn., will ...
September 21, 2005
Smithsonian Eecutive To Lead Health Policy Think TankThe Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation has picked Sheila Burke to be its new chairman.[@@]Burke, who also is chief operating officer at the Smithsonian ...
September 21, 2005
Studies Hint At Slowing Health Care Cost IncreasesL39Health_studies_tt Charts--Slug--go page xx, with --xxx linesBanner:Flag:Although U.S. employers continue to face large health care cost increases, two recent surveys show them to be ...
September 21, 2005
Humana Supplies Small Plan Modeling ToolHumana Inc. has introduced the Broker BUDdy system, a Web-based system for analyzing health plans at employers with 5 to 50 employees.[@@]The system, formally ...
September 20, 2005
Investors Back HSA AdministratorPrivate investors have invested $6.6 million in HealthEquity Inc., the company says.[@@]HealthEquity, Salt Lake City, Utah, administers health insurance programs that incorporate health savings ...