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.
Professional Employer Organization Chooses CIGNA
By Staff WriterSCI Companies has agreed to buy health coverage from CIGNA Corp., Philadelphia.[@@]SCI, Tampa, Fla., supplies workers for about 600 employers.SCI will be relying on ...
July 28, 2005
Turvey To Lead Coventry SubsidiaryCoventry Health Care Inc. has hired Victor Turvey to be president of its St. Louis-based Group Plan Inc. unit.[@@]Turvey previously was a regional president ...
July 28, 2005
Revenue Rises At PacifiCare Despite Soft EnrollmentAcquisitions and a 6% increase in the average amount of premium revenue per member helped PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. increase second-quarter earnings.[@@]PacifiCare, Cypress, Calif., ...
July 28, 2005
Great-West: Patients Are Driving With Eyes ClosedConsumers have only a vague idea of what medical services really cost.[@@]Researchers from Great-West Healthcare, Greenwood Village, Colo., have published data supporting that conclusion ...
July 28, 2005
Aetna Profits Up 43%New customers and reduced costs helped fuel a 43% rise in earnings at Aetna Inc.[@@]Aetna, Hartford, reported $409 million in net income for the ...
July 28, 2005
Tennessee Blue To Tie Knot With GordianBlue Cross and Blue Shield of Tennessee has agreed to acquire Gordian Health Solutions Inc., a company that sells disease management services and other ...
July 28, 2005
Superregional Carrier Epands HSA ProgramHumana Inc., a health insurer that is especially strong in the Southeast and Midwest, is adding a health savings account option for all commercial ...
July 28, 2005
Lawmakers Boost Health Risk PoolsThe U.S. House agreed Wednesday by a voice vote to pass a bill that could spur the creation of new state health insurance pools ...