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If health plan profits keep falling, selloffs may begin

November 18, 2008 — 11:53am ET | By Anne Zieger
Health plan profits are falling, and given the trends in the U.S. economy and healthcare costs generally, this trend is likely to linger for a while. And if falling profits remain a fact of life for... Read more...

NJ Blue change to for-profit could prompt wave of followers

September 16, 2008 — 10:51pm ET | By Anne Zieger
Right now, executives with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey are nervously waiting to find out whether the state attorney general and insurance commissioner will let it convert itself from... Read more...

WellPoint pushes stock prices up, but not profits, by raising premiums

September 10, 2008 — 1:34am ET | By Anne Zieger
Five months ago, Angela Braly, the CEO of health plan giant WellPoint, told investors that the plan could turn around falling profits by Read more...

WellPoint loses money for Q2, but still pleases investors

July 28, 2008 — 7:57pm ET | By Anne Zieger
Giant health plan WellPoint had what most financial types would consider a tough second quarter, with earnings falling 10 percent and its overall profit predictions for 2008 falling. Still, given... Read more...

WellPoint pays hospitals $11.8M to settle bills from rescissions

July 8, 2008 — 8:32pm ET | By Anne Zieger
Leading health plan WellPoint has agreed to pay $11.8 million to settle claims with hundreds of hospitals that it failed to pay after it dropped patients after treatment. WellPoint was sued by about... Read more...

Health plans need new approaches to profitability

May 14, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Now I get it. To get back their healthy profits--which have taken a serious plunge of late--all U.S. health plans have to do is a) raise premiums and b) lower reimbursements for providers. Easy as... Read more...

Health plans to boost premiums, squeeze providers

May 14, 2008 — 6:59am ET
As readers know, several leading health plans have taken a profitability beating over the last several months, for reasons that include operational issues, medical costs and losses in the financial... Read more...

Fear and trembling in health plan land

May 7, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Well, this week caps it. It seems like we're looking at just about a clean sweep where bad-news health plan financials are concerned: UnitedHealth Group, Humana, Cigna, WellPoint, Kaiser and... Read more...

Following peers, Kaiser profits plunge

May 7, 2008 — 6:59am ET
As FierceHealthFinance readers probably know, the last few weeks have been ugly for health plans, many of which announced disappointing first-quarter results. True, it's worth bearing in mind that... Read more...

Insurer troubles could mean more bad debt for providers

April 30, 2008 — 6:59am ET
In recent weeks, health insurers have started announcing financial results, and the news hasn't been good. WellPoint, for example, Read more...

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