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.
Highmark Offers High-Deductible Plans
By Staff WriterHighmark Inc. has started selling high-deductible health insurance plans designed for holders of health savings accounts.[@@]Highmark, Pittsburgh, says charges for its new PPOBlue High-Deductible ...
May 04, 2005
Great-West To Run Colorado Employee PlanColorado has picked Great-West Healthcare to administer self-funded health plans and other self-funded benefit plans that will cover about 36,000 state employees and dependents.[@@]Great-West, ...
May 04, 2005
Lady Golfer To Help Genworth Promote LTC InsuranceGenworth Financial Inc. has recruited Juli Inkster, a member of the Ladies Professional Golf Assocation Hall of Fame, to help it educate the public ...
May 04, 2005
Companies Clash Over Discount Card ProgramOne of the first companies to sell preferred provider organization-style discounts separately from health insurance is fighting with a former distributor.[@@]Equal Access Health Inc., ...
May 04, 2005
AHIP: 1 Million Americans Have HSAsEnrollment in the new health savings account programs has doubled in the past 6 months.[@@]The number of HSAs purchased has increased to 1.03 million, ...
May 04, 2005
Former BenefitPoint President Joins EvolutionEvolution Benefits Inc. has hired Kevin Blank to be its executive vice president for sales, marketing and account management.[@@]Evolution, Avon, Conn., has been one ...
May 04, 2005
NU-medistudies-5-12Low income beneficiaries are opting in significant numbers for Medicare Advantage and Medigap insurance over Medicare fee-for-service alone, according to two new studies ...
May 04, 2005
WellPoint To Pay $185 Million For LumenosWellPoint 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, ...