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Retail clinics get high marks in cost savings study

September 15, 2008 — 8:37pm ET | By Anne Zieger
According to a new study, retail clinics are cheaper for patients than going to a primary care physician's office. The study, published in the journal Health Affairs and conducted by Dr. Lief Solberg... 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...

Amerigroup's $225M fine may not benefit providers

August 20, 2008 — 11:37am ET | By Anne Zieger
Last week, Medicaid health plan Amerigroup agreed to pay $225 million to settle charges that it... Read more...

N.J. Blue plan files to go for-profit

August 20, 2008 — 12:50am ET | By Anne Zieger
New Jersey's Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield has filed with the state to convert from not-for-profit to for-profit status, in what it says is a bid to boost its financial options. In its filing... 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...

Johns Hopkins demands $2M from MD health plan

June 4, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Making an emphatic move in a disagreement that has simmered for more than five years, Johns Hopkins Healthcare has sued regional Blue plan CareFirst of Maryland for $2 million, claiming that it owes... Read more...

A little feedback from you, the reader

May 28, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Folks, this week I decided to give you a chance in the spotlight, as many of you have had some great things to say: On health plans, and their approach to keeping profits up: Having worked across... 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...
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