Shares of Humana, UnitedHealth, Aetna and others went up Monday as estimates of the 2015 payment rate reduction estimates appeared to land closer to 4 percent than to the initial expectations around 7 percent or even deeper. Shares of ...
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Insurers and others say at least two-thirds of the 2.2 million people who signed up for policies had bought their own coverage before or were enrolled in plans through work, The Wall Street Journal reports. The Wall Street Journal: ...
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The Tire Industry Association (TIA) announced that Redburn Tire Co. is the first member to sign on with the organization's new self-funded group employee benefits solution. The program is offered to TIA members through an alliance with ...
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Zurich-based life and pension insurer Swiss Life has selected Aetna (AET), a global health care services company, to deliver international health care benefits and services for expatriates out of Singapore to its roster of multinational ...
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Affordable Care Act (ACA) also known as Obamacare, the flagship complimentary health insurance program for all the US denizens, is proving to be a major setback for insurers, and nine insurance firms are pulling out of Nebraska medical ...
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The Tire Industry Association (TIA) has announced a self-funded group employee benefits solution for its members through an alliance with The Association Benefits Solution (TABS). "TIA has been exploring solutions to the health insurance ...
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Aetna, a US-based medical insurance provider, has teamed up with The Company for Cooperative Insurance (Tawuniya) to offer its Pacific Prime clients in Saudi Arabia with new medical insurance options. The new medical insurance coverage ...
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Health insurer Aetna has reported a net income of $536m, or $1.49 per share for the second quarter of 2013, with an increase of 17% and 13% compared to $457m, or $1.32 per share during the comparable period last fiscal. For the quarter ...
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US-based health care benefits company Aetna is planning to stop issuing health care products to individual consumers in California at the end of 2013. The health insurer, which notified California's insurance regulator about its impending ...
US-based health care benefits company Aetna will soon complete the acquisition of Coventry Health Care, following the receipt of clearance from the US Department of Justice (DOJ). After the completion of the $5.7bn in cash and stock deal, ...
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The Commonwealth of Virginia has selected Aetna for provision of a health benefits plan option to its more than 200,000 eligible employees, retirees and family members, effective from 01 July. Dubbed COVA HealthAware, the ...
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Intel has purchased Mashery, a provider or API management tools, in the chip maker's latest move to expand into software and services. The Mashery API management service will become a core element of a suite of cross-platform services ...
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Health insurer Aetna has launched a new product to help mid-sized employers offer health benefits directly to employees and also assume the financial risk for their employees' claims. Known as Aetna Funding Advantage (AFA), the new ...
US stock indexes climbed to record numbers as investors piled into healthcare stocks and the Cypriot government got an extra year's reprieve on its debts, though investors pointed to several signs for caution on the horizon. The Dow Jones ...
Citi is set to develop a new mobile and web-based patient payment technology, known as Money2 for Health, to enable patients to settle healthcare bills, receive claims alerts, pay amounts due and view past payments. Aetna has been ...