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Health Insurer Hires HSA Eecutive
By Staff WriterAmerican Community Mutual Insurance Company has hired Scott Reed to be senior vice president for group insurance.[@@]American Community, Livonia, Mich., recently formed a division ...
July 11, 2005
Coventry To Sell Medicare Plans In Hawkeye StateA Midwestern arm of Coventry Health Care Inc. is setting up new Medicare operations in Iowa.[@@]Coventry, Bethesda, Md., says a subsidiary in West Des ...
July 11, 2005
Lawmaker Questions Sarbanes-OleyA Republican member of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee says she wants Congress to hold hearings next year on the effects of Sarbanes-Oxley ...
July 08, 2005
Doctor Group Blasts PacifiCare DealThe American Medical Association has issued a statement attacking the announcement that UnitedHealth Group Inc. intends to pay $8.1 billion to acquire PacifiCare Health ...
July 08, 2005
Pennsylvania Carrier Adds Wellness RewardsHighmark Inc. is offering a new wellness program to group preferred provider organization customers with at least 50 employees.[@@]Highmark, Pittsburgh, says the new Highmark ...
July 08, 2005
Survey: Educated Women Buy More Individual Health CoverageThe majority of women who buy individual health insurance policies are healthy, well-educated women between the ages of 45 and 64.[@@]Researchers have published those ...
July 07, 2005
Connecticut Mandates Infertility Treatment BenefitsConnecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell has signed a bill that will create a mandate for state-regulated health insurers to cover "medically necessary infertility treatments" ...
July 07, 2005
HSA Administrator Reports Strong SalesHSA Bank says it has sold about 46,000 new health savings accounts during the first 5 months of the year, up from a total ...