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.
Company Tweaks Defined-Contribution Formula
By Staff WriterHealthMarket Inc., Norwalk, Conn., is one of the companies in the defined-contribution health plan market that is serious about persuading consumers to bargain with their ...
August 18, 2002
Groups Say Health Privacy Still MessyByThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last week filled more than 400 pages with the final version of the privacy regulation required by ...
August 18, 2002
Conseco: Banruptcy Filing PossibleConseco: Bankruptcy Filing PossibleByConseco Inc. warned at press time that it might have to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy court protection to ward off demands ...
August 18, 2002
The Lull In Health Insurance 'Reforms'The Lull In Health Insurance ReformsByThe two biggest health insurance producer associations, the National Association of Health Underwriters and the Association of Health Insurance Advisors, ...
August 18, 2002
Group Health Rates Still RocketingGroup Health Rates Still RocketingByEmployers are expecting 2003 to bring the fifth straight year of double-digit group health cost increases.The California Public Employee Retirement Systems, ...
August 16, 2002
MIM In Deal With AllianzNU Online News Service, Aug. 16, 2:40 p.m. -- MIM Corp., Elmsford, N.Y., a pharmaceutical benefits management company, says its BioScrip division has signed ...
August 16, 2002
AmeriHealth Organizes Web-Based Administration SystemNU Online News Service, Aug. 16, 5:40 p.m. -- AmeriHealth Insurance Company, Mount Laurel, N.J., a managed-care company, has set up a Web-based health ...
August 16, 2002
California Department Announces Agent Fee IncreasesNU Online News Service, Aug. 16, 10:45 a.m. -- The California Department of Insurance says it is increasing insurance agent licensing application and other ...