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.
WellPoint To Pay $185 Million For Lumenos
By Staff WriterWellPoint Inc. is acquiring Lumenos Inc., one of the companies that popularized the idea of combining high-deductible health coverage with personal health accounts.[@@]WellPoint, Indianapolis, ...
May 04, 2005
Survey: Insured Young Adults Face Coverage GapsA new study on uninsured young adults implies that many insured young adults have problems with health finance.[@@]More than 30% of the 40 million ...
May 04, 2005
The Benefits Of Group TeleconferencingUsing the telephone to improve the quality of return-to-work programs for employees with psychiatric problems may be a good way to help the employers ...
May 03, 2005
Software Firm Introduces Worker Health PortalMedSeek Inc. has started marketing the HealthDesk system, a tool that health carriers can use to set up personalized employee health Web sites.[@@]Employees can ...
May 03, 2005
Highmark To Ally With LTD Consulting FirmNU Online News Service, May 3, 2005, 3:38 p.m. EDTAn arm of Highmark Inc. has hired Disability Reinsurance Management Services Inc. to help it ...
May 03, 2005
Colorado Health Insurer Signs IT AgreementNU Online News Service, May 3, 2005, 3:24 p.m. EDTRocky Mountain Health Plans has agreed to spend $16 million over 5 years on an ...
May 03, 2005
Health Carrier Agrees To $80 Million SettlementHealth Net Inc. has negotiated an agreement that could resolve litigation with about 900,000 doctors.[@@]Health Net, Los Angeles, is a managed care company that ...