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CIGNA Adds Network Options
By Staff WriterCIGNA Corp. says 2 of its specialty units have made changes to their provider networks.[@@]The company's CIGNA International Expatriate Benefits unit has agreed to ...
September 12, 2005
California Carrier Describes Medicare Drug ChannelsPacifiCare Health Systems Inc. says it will be working through a variety of distribution networks to sell Medicare prescription drug coverage to older Americans.[@@]PacifiCare, ...
September 12, 2005
Study Eplores Dark Side Of Electronic Patient FilesShifting to electronic health records could wreck some small medical practices.[@@]A group of researchers led by Robert Miller, a professor of health economics at ...
September 09, 2005
Reitan To Run Minnesota BlueThe top executive at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota will be sharing his job with another company executive.[@@]Dr. Mark Banks, the man ...
September 09, 2005
Group To Support Agents Devastated By KatrinaThe Texas Association of Health Underwriters has announced a major fundraising campaign to help the 75 New Orleans members of the National Association of ...
September 09, 2005
Support Firms Ask Employers To Call Before Disaster StrikesThe Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the catastrophic 2004 earthquakes and tsunamis in South Asia have helped raise the profile of travel insurance ...
September 08, 2005
Florida Notices Serve As Model For Katrina DeclarationsTop regulators from the states hit by Hurricane Katrina are asking insurers to show compassion for the survivors.[@@]Officials at an emergency insurance summit in ...
September 07, 2005
Guardian Jumps Into HSA MarketGuardian Life Insurance Company of America will be selling stand-alone, high-deductible health insurance policies to small employers throughout much of the United States.[@@]The new ...