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.
Sierra Health Settles With Pentagon
By Staff WriterSierra Health Services Inc. says it expects to get about $12 million in final payments in connection with its departure from the federal TriCare ...
May 17, 2005
Regulators Talk About Changes To Model Audit RuleInsurance regulators continue to talk about ways to put new internal control testing and reporting requirements in the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Model ...
May 17, 2005
CIGNA Walks The WalkCIGNA HealthCare is taking a new approach to putting health plan members in motion.[@@]The managed care company is adding the Just Walk 10,000 Steps-a-Day ...
May 17, 2005
Analyst: Help Doctors Auction Their ServicesAn analyst at a free-market think tank has come up with a list of changes in U.S. laws and regulations that could make the ...
May 16, 2005
Definity Strategist Moves To CIGNACIGNA HealthCare has hired Michael Showalter to be vice president of consumerism.[@@]Showalter, who helped develop the first personal account-based health plans while at Definity ...
May 16, 2005
New Jersey To Develop Electronic Health SystemNew Jersey insurance regulators are putting together an electronic medical records system that they say will help improve health care and cut its cost.[@@]The ...
May 16, 2005
Nebraska Blue Adds Web ToolsBlue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska is rolling out a benefits data exchange system for large employer groups and a Web-based enrollment tool ...
May 16, 2005
Health Carrier Rating Falls 1 NotchMoody's Investors Service, New York, has downgraded Health Net Inc.[@@]The rating agency has lowered the rating it has placed on the Woodland Hills, Calif., ...