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Insurers see slow uptick in medical utilization
As insurers continue to determine medical utilization patterns, hoping that patients will start seeking more care, their first-quarter earnings show there may be a slow uptick in use.
UnitedHealth pursues low-cost products, CEO says
UnitedHealth CEO Stephen Hemsley said the insurer will continue to pursue and offer new, less expensive products marketed toward cost-conscious consumers like the line of low-cost hearing aids it...
10,000 mobile apps to improve health … and counting
By Nick Martin, Vice President of Innovation, Research and Development at UnitedHealth Group Mobile apps, which may have started as productivity tools--such as for email, calendar and database
UnitedHealth CEO's pay rises 24%, bonus jumps 45%
UnitedHealth reported strong financial earnings last year, and its chief executive reaped the rewards. In 2011, UnitedHealth's earnings, revenue and stock price all rose, with earnings and revenue
UnitedHealth increases earnings, revenue, enrollment
UnitedHealth posted very positive first quarter results as its net income, revenue and enrollment all increased, compared to this time last year. The company on Thursday said that its first-quarter
Social gaming could help improve member wellness
As insurers have focused on improving their members' overall health and wellness, they've gradually been incorporating an innovative approach to achieve that goal--social gaming. Insurers have been
UnitedHealth to cover autism therapy
UnitedHealth will begin immediately covering behavioral therapy for autism in California, known as applied behavior analysis (ABA). Under an agreement reached Monday between California Insurance
Insurers embracing telehealth
As remote health becomes more popular, payers have been launching telehealth and remote monitoring programs. Highmark has launched one such pilot program, offering virtual physician visits for its
Aetna, UnitedHealth win Medicaid contract
Aetna and UnitedHealth, along with nonprofit insurers CareSource, Paramount Advantage and Meridian Health Plan, have won lucrative contracts to manage about 1.7 million recipients within Ohio's
Blue Cross lawsuit: State contract review was 'legally flawed'
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska wants to void a contract the state awarded last month to UnitedHealth to administer health insurance for state employees. In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, Blue Cross
