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Rising unemployment spurs insurers worries about increased COBRA claims
Insurance giant, Wellpoint says it's worried about the decline in customers and spikes in recently laid off enrollees who rely on employer sponsored COBRA coverage. This will dramatically affect... Read more...
AFL-CIO asks state insurance officials to investigate health plan lobbying
No one would argue that health plans have deployed their full lobbying powers to influence the outcome of the health reform process--after all, every major interest in the health insurance industry... Read more...
Healthcare M&A likely to be first private equity sector to recover
When the economy finally begins to stagger to its feet, expect healthcare to be the sector where the pace of M&A deals picks up the most quickly, according to a new analysis from healthcare... Read more...
Health insurers take ratings hit from Fitch on reform fears
No one's really sure how health reform will impact the health insurance industry. But it seems that as far as the financial sector is concerned, the impact isn't likely to be good. In one striking... Read more...
Study: Ingenix data used throughout health plan industry
The Senate has looked into the face of the infamous Ingenix rate databases, and concluded that they are legion. A new report by the Senate Commerce Committee has concluded that the Ingenix... Read more...
Health Net will stop using Ingenix database
Following the lead of other insurers, including Cigna, UnitedHealth and Aetna, Health Net has agreed to stop using an Ingenix database commonly used by health plans to set out-of-network... Read more...
Insurers have no plans to end rescission practices
Despite all the bad press on the practice of rescissions, don't expect health insurers to stop it anytime soon. Executives from WellPoint, UnitedHealth Group and Assurant defended the practice on... Read more...
UnitedHealth suggests methods for cutting a half-trillion dollars in health costs
UnitedHealth Group has made its play in the "save the health system money" game. In a new report, the health plan's Center for Health Reform and Modernization argues that the federal government could... Read more...
UnitedHealth Group's Stephen Hemsley - CEO Compensation
Stephen Hemsley - UnitedHealth Group Total Compensation: $3,241,042 Details: An $895 million class-action lawsuit over stock-option back dating aside, Hemsley still manages to make the cut for this... Read more...
Ingenix database faces federal going-over
At this point, execs with UnitedHealth Group may be wondering what it takes to kill a zombie Ingenix database--which continues to bite them and chase them around even though it's near dead. Earlier... Read more...
