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Aetna To Acquire HMS
By Staff WriterAetna Inc. has agreed to pay about $390 million in cash for HMS Healthcare Inc.[@@]Aetna is acquiring HMS, a provider network company that helps ...
June 23, 2005
Trustmark Unit Improves California Provider NetworkCoreSource will be offering access to a Blue Cross provider network to employer clients in California.[@@]CoreSource, the benefits administration arm of Trustmark Mutual Holding ...
June 23, 2005
Canadian Health Insurance Decision Hits HomeCanadian Health Insurance Decision Hits HomeThe Canadians are starting to see the value of the U.S. health finance system.[@@]Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., made that ...
June 23, 2005
Foundation Backs Universal Coverage ProposalFoundation Backs Universal Coverage ProposalMassachusetts might be able to achieve universal access to health coverage with a relatively modest public investment.[@@]The Blue Cross Blue ...
June 23, 2005
Software Firm To Support Medicare Drug PlansTriZetto Group Inc. is developing software and support services for companies that will be selling the new Medicare Part D drug plans.[@@]TriZetto will be ...
June 23, 2005
Green Mountain State Head Rejects Universal Health ProposalVermont Gov. James Douglas has vetoed a bill, H. 524, that could have created a new health coverage program for uninsured Vermont residents.[@@]Rep. Harry ...
June 22, 2005
Teas Health Plan Administrator Acquires Ohio FirmCBCA Administrators Inc. has acquired Bridge Benefits Inc.[@@]CBCA, Fort Worth, Texas, is a national, full-service health plan administrator, and Bridge, Columbus, Ohio, is a ...
June 22, 2005
Brown Chairman Undergoes Heart SurgeryBrown & Brown Inc. says J. Hyatt Brown, its chairman, has undergone successful coronary artery bypass surgery.[@@]Doctors expect J. Hyatt Brown to have a ...