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Health insurers turn to financial services

October 23, 2008 — 10:13am ET | By Anne Zieger
Yesterday, our sister publication FierceHealthFinance told you about the growth in consumer deposits to... Read more...

Non-profit health plans question for-profit switch by Horizon

August 29, 2008 — 10:00am ET | By Anne Zieger
A group of not-for-profit health insurers and providers have their back up over Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield's application to convert its corporate structure to for-profit status. The group,... Read more...

Harvard, RAND-backed provider payment model to be tested

May 21, 2008 — 6:59am ET
An evidence-based healthcare payment model driven by researchers at RAND Corporation and the Harvard School of Public Health will be rolled out in January at four pilot test sites with funding from a... Read more...

UnitedHealth's Ingenix faces mounting legal troubles

May 5, 2008 — 6:59am ET
A couple of months ago, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo rocked the health plan industry when he filed suit against UnitedHealth Group. In the suit, Cuomo argued that UHG was committing... Read more...

WellPoint profits fall 25 percent during first quarter

April 24, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Yesterday it was UnitedHealth Group in the hot seat, and today it's WellPoint. The health... Read more...

Genetic discrimination bill progressing in Congress

April 24, 2008 — 6:59am ET
After more than a decade of attempts, it looks like Congress might finally pass a bill that would block health insurers from denying coverage to otherwise healthy persons based on their genetic... Read more...

CA regulators begin broad review of policy cancellations

April 18, 2008 — 6:59am ET
In a move that could cost health insurers untold dollars, and possibly change the dynamics of the individual coverage market, the California Department of Managed Health Care has begun reviewing... Read more...

Ohio law makes health plans disclose contract terms

April 7, 2008 — 6:59am ET
A new Ohio law has been enacted that requires health plans to provide significantly more information in their contracts with physicians, as well as change their contracting practices. Among other... Read more...

WellPoint stops paying for never events

April 3, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Health insurer WellPoint has taken a stand that most other U.S. insurers are likely to follow: It has announced that it, in coming months, will no longer pay for care resulting from serious medical... Read more...

Groups come together on MD performance reporting

April 2, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Measuring performance is one of the toughest nuts the healthcare industry has to crack. But this time, some important stakeholders have at least come together to handle the problem as a team. Groups... Read more...
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Press Release: Pay for Performance in Healthcare Gets an “Incomplete” Report Card

Pay for Performance in Healthcare Get an “Incomplete” Report Card Says PricewaterhouseCoopers Report Universal Measures, Greater Financial Incentives for Doctors Needed to Improve Quality New Read more >>

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