IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) announced today that its shareholders elected Angela Braly to its board of directors. Braly is the former chairman, president and chief executive officer of health insurance ...
Atlas Copco’s purchase of Italian manufacturer Varisco has enhanced its position in the pumps business and dewatering applications. We discover what Varisco brings to the group and how the Portable Energy division intends to move ...
eHealthInsurance reports that interest in health coverage ginned up by the new federal law has helped new memberships rise 50 percent. Meanwhile, NPR examines the mixed record of the 14 states running their own marketplaces. USA Today: ...
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News coverage offers different looks at how the health law is impacting consumers and insurers. USA Today: Obamacare Increases Incomes Of Poorest, Study Finds The Affordable Care Act will "significantly" increase the incomes of ...
News outlets in California offer examples of companies that are giving new customers more time to pay their first month's premiums while in Connecticut, one insurer is beginning to get a handle on the crush of enrollment. Los Angeles ...
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Today's headlines include reports about the announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services that people who get their health insurance through high-risk insurance pools will have an extra two months before this program ends. ...
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IBM faces a puzzle that might give even the world's greatest detective pause: How to grow its "Jeopardy"-conquering Watson supercomputer into a $10-billion business within a decade. The company hopes to boost Watson's profit-making ...
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The relaxed timetables reflect efforts by the insurance industry, as well as the Obama administration, to "coax" people towards "cementing" their 2014 coverage, reports Bloomberg News. In addition, a Commonwealth survey finds more people ...
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IBM is spending $1 billion to give Watson its own New York City–based business division as it seeks commercial applications for its Jeopardy-winning supercomputer in healthcare and other fields. But will medical companies truly find a ...
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Insurance provider WellPoint has agreed to pay a $1.7 million fine for exposing more than 600,000 personal records online due to weak database security, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) said Thursday. WellPoint, based ...
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IBM's Jeopardy!-winning supercomputer, Watson, may have started out the size of a master bedroom, but it will eventually shrink to the size of a smart phone, its inventors say. The supercomputer is currently performing "residencies" at ...
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IBM's Watson supercomputer has gone from game show king to doctor's office helper. You may recall the epic man vs. machine battle two years ago in which the supercomputer beat former champions on the show Jeopardy. Well, now there's a ...
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US-based health insurer WellPoint (WLP) has named Joseph Swedish as the company's new chief executive officer effective from 25 March 2013. Swedish, who replaces interim chief executive officer John Cannon, joins WLP from Trinity Health ...
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US-based health insurer WellPoint (WLP) has closed the acquisition of Amerigroup, in a bid to effectively serve the growing Medicaid population in the country. The acquirer expects the acquisition of Amerigroup to boost its core business ...
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US health insurer WellPoint has agreed to shell out$90m as a compensate amount to settle a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of more than 700,000 former members of Anthem Insurance Companies. WellPoint,the corporate parent of Anthem ...