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UICI Unit Adds Limited-Benefit Health Plan
By Staff WriterNU Online News Service, Dec. 14, 2004, 4:18 p.m. ESTStar HRG, Phoenix, is introducing a new mini medical program.[@@]The new Starbridge Choices program is ...
December 13, 2004
R.I. Blue Hires WellPoint To Run Drug PlansNU Online News Service, Dec. 13, 2004, 9:07 a.m. ESTA California pharmacy benefit manager has won a 3-year contract with an East Coast health ...
December 13, 2004
Midwestern Carrier Chooses HSA PartnerNU Online News Service, Dec. 13, 2004, 4:39 p.m. ESTBlue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Chicago, will be getting health account services from ...
December 13, 2004
PacifiCare Closes On American MedicalNU Online News Service, Dec. 13, 2004, 6:01 p.m. ESTA Cypress, Calif., managed care company has completed a previously announced acquisition of a Green ...
December 13, 2004
UnitedHealth Closes On DefinityNU Online News Service, Dec. 13, 2004, 9:44 a.m. ESTA Midwestern health insurer says it has completed a $300 million deal to acquire a ...
December 13, 2004
Agencies Release Regulatory SchedulesThe federal government has published its semiannual "things to do" lists.[@@]The lists, which appear in the Federal Register, show how thousands of issues, including ...
December 10, 2004
Former Mich. Commissioner Dies At 49A former Midwestern insurance regulator suffered a fatal heart attack Thursday while in LaGuardia Airport in New York.[@@]The former commissioner, Frank Fitzgerald, was only ...
December 09, 2004
AHIP President To Appear At JHA ConferenceNU Online News Service, Dec. 9, 2004, 2:14 p.m. ESTA leading health insurance trade group executive will address the participants at a major disability ...