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Membership drains plague top U.S. health plans
Health insurers still cannot escape the impact of the recession and high unemployment. Major U.S. health plans endured continuing membership losses through calendar third-quarter 2009 (3Q09), and... Read more...
Recession forces more patients to compare healthcare costs
With money tight, an increasing number of patients are researching and comparing healthcare costs before choosing a healthcare facility. More than 30 states now require hospitals and other healthcare... Read more...
CIGNA (CI) Q3 Results - Q3 Top Health Insurance Company Earnings Report
View CIGNA's (CI) Q3 Earnings Report Highlights:
Third-quarter 2009 revenues for CIGNA fell to $4.5 billion from $4.8 billion in the third-quarter of the previous year.
Shareholders' net income... Read more...
Economist: Marketing, admin represent biggest opportunities for health plans to cut costs
As health plans get the back of many legislators hands--sometimes being characterized as "the bad guys" of the entire health system--few critics stop and analyze just where the plans' money is going.... Read more...
Medicaid fees for MDs grow more slowly than Medicaid; Ohio hospital cuts staffing costs by $10M;
> Medicaid physician fees went up 15.1 percent between 2003 and 2008, narrowing, but not closing, the gap between Medicare and Medicaid rates. Article > Surgeon/MBA Dr. Kenneth Cohn suggests a... Read more...
Trend: More medical practices require same-day deductible payment
In the past, most medical practices were content to collect co-pays from patients and go after health plans for the rest of what they were owed. They did this, in part, because they just weren't sure... Read more...
Health plan software lets MDs estimate patient charges immediately
In the past, most medical practices were content to collect co-pays from patients and go after health plans for the rest of what they were owed. They did this, in part, because they just weren't sure... Read more...
California, other states consider raising minimum medical-loss ratios
We have bad news about insurance companies almost every day: fines over alleged rescissions, settlements for unfair business practices, and other various and sundry other problems. Under these... Read more...
Massachusetts hospitals rate state health plans
Massachusetts hospitals have become the latest industry group to turn the tables on health plans and rate their performance systematically. The Massachusetts Hospital Association has released a... Read more...
Cigna, Aetna deliver improved profits for Q2
While last quarter was pretty much a gloom and doom situation for health plans, this quarter is shaping up in a better way for the industry. Two prime examples come from Cigna and Aetna, both of... Read more...
