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NewsHumana (NYSE: HUM) will buy Concentra for $790M
Insurance behemoth Humana (NYSE:HUM) announced Monday that it will buy Concentra Inc., a privately held healthcare company, for $790 million cash. The acquisition will give Humana more than 300 Read more...
Insurers increased denials by 49 percent because of pre-existing conditions
The four largest health insurance companies denied coverage to more than 600,000 individuals because of pre-existing conditions in the three years before passage of health reform and the number of Read more...
Pharmacists increasingly helping patients to stay on track
Roughly $300 billion is spent each year on emergency and hospital care for patients who don't take their medications as prescribed. To help keep those patients on the right track, more pharmacies Read more...
WellPoint, Aetna, and Humana pilot remote monitoring to cut readmissions
Insurers are pursuing new ways to reduce the cost of hospitalization and readmissions, the Wall Street Journal reports. And it involves giving heart patients remote monitoring technology to take Read more...
Medicaid payers consistently slow to reimburse doctors, survey finds
With health reform expected to dramatically push Medicaid enrollment growth in the coming years, news of consistently poor performance from Medicaid payers in terms of speed and quality in Read more...
WellPoint CEO Braly received a 51 percent compensation boost in 2009
A $1.5 million performance bonus was just the tip of the iceberg for WellPoint's Angela Braly, whose total compensation for 2009 skyrocketed 51 percent from 2008 to $13.1 million. The performance Read more...
Humana's McCallister received $1.8M bonus, 26 percent pay raise in 2009
The first of the five largest health insurers to share its 2009 executive compensation, Humana Inc., reported yesterday that it paid CEO Michael B. McCallister $6.5 million last year--26 percent more Read more...
Record insurance profits stemmed from dropped coverage, raised rates
Record profits achieved by the five largest U.S. health insurers last year were possible only because of a combination of dropped coverage and raised rates, a new report by liberal activist group Read more...
Insurance companies funded health reform attack ads
In seeking to avoid political and media criticism regarding misleading advertising on the healthcare debate--a la "Harry and Louise" in the 1990s--six large insurers seem to have stepped into another Read more...
Humana CEO: Sending anti-reform letters was important
A couple of months ago, Humana got considerable flack for sending out letters to Medicare beneficiaries suggesting that Democratic health reforms could cut their benefits. It seems the criticism Read more...
| Press ReleasesZix Corporation Announces Share Repurchase ProgramDALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Zix Corporation (ZixCorp), (Nasdaq: ZIXI), the leader in email encryption services, announced that its board of directors approved today a share repurchase program that Read more >> ZixCorp to Host Third Quarter 2011 Earnings Call and Webcast on October 25DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Zix Corporation (ZixCorp), (Nasdaq: ZIXI), the leader in email encryption services, will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the third quarter financial results Read more >> ZixCorp to Host Second Quarter 2011 Earnings Call and Webcast on July 26DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Zix Corporation (ZixCorp), (Nasdaq: ZIXI), the leader in email encryption services, will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the second quarter financial results Read more >> Solutions to Global Healthcare Crisis to be Proposed at Upcoming New York ForumPanel of experts will debate how to halt the decline in healthcare facilities and the increase in costs NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Healthcare that has become unaffordable and systems that are broken Read more >> ZixCorp to Announce First Quarter 2011 Results on April 26DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Zix Corporation (ZixCorp), (Nasdaq: ZIXI), the leader in email encryption services, will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the first quarter financial results Read more >> |
