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Insurers live chat with members through new health app

Health insurers now have a new way to commiunicate with members -- live and almost in person. The new iPhone app created by Warm Health, a healthcare communications and disease management company,

Aetna launches updated iTriage app

Aetna on Tuesday unveiled an updated version of the mobile app, iTriage, which it purchased from Healthagen last December . The new iTriage app allows aetna customers to research symptoms, locate a

Cigna shells out $3.8B to buy Medicare Advantage plan

Among all the acquisitions insurers are making to grow their Medicare business, Cigna has taken the biggest single move yet by spending $3.8 billion to purchase Medicare-based insurer HealthSpring.

Health plans open community-based clinics to cut hospital costs

Focused on keeping hospital costs down for their low-income charges, many Medicaid and Medicare health insurers for the disabled are opening up community-based clinics to provide services to

Insurer-owned clinics help prevent big hospital bills

Health insurers increasingly are opening their own clinics to help save money. The goal is smarter care, not less care. "It's really just trying to make basic routine services a lot more available,"