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 Click Topic Below For Headlines Why Won't Obama Tell Us Who Makes Up The 46 Million “uninsured ... Posted on Feb 5, 2010 (2 days ago) The salaries of the highest paid health insurance CEOs: * Ron Williams – Aetna – Total Compensation: $24300112. * H. Edward Hanway – CIGNA – Total Compensation: $12236740. * Angela Braly – WellPoint – Total Compensation: $9844212. ... Michael McCallister – Humana – Total Compensation: $4764309. * Jay Gellert – Health Net – Total Compensation: $4425355. * Richard Barasch – Universal American – Total Compensation: $3503702. * Stephen Hemsley – UnitedHealth Group – Total ...  Tags: health insurers,blog Aetna’s Profit Falls as Medical Costs Rise (at The New York Times) Posted on Feb 5, 2010 (2 days ago) Tags: health insurers,aetna Aetna pays $750,000 fine to New York Insurance Department Posted on Feb 5, 2010 (3 days ago) Aetna Health Inc. paid a $750,000 fine as part of a settlement with the New York Insurance Department related to the company administering an affordable healthcare plan for the state. Aetna is the administrator for the state-subsidized program Healthy NY, which assists small business owners in providing affordable health insurance to their employees. Aetna's violations included failing to provide a required 30-day notice of rate increases to about 946 members in 2007, failing to provide notice to 1,406 terminated workers of their rights to convert to another policy, failing to report enrollment data from May 2007 through August 2008, and failing to respond to Insurance Department requests for data in March 2008, the Hartford Courant reports.  Tags: health insurers,healthcare,health plans,healthleaders Aetna Says 2010 Earnings Will Drop to $2.55-$2.65 - BusinessWeek Posted on Feb 5, 2010 (3 days ago) Aetna Says 2010 Earnings Will Drop to $2.55-$2.65 BusinessWeek The two largest health insurers are UnitedHealth Group Inc., based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and Indianapolis- based WellPoint Inc. Both beat analysts' ... altro »  Tags: health insurers,wellpoint Good Works: UnitedHealth, StanCorp, Aetna Posted on Feb 4, 2010 (4 days ago) UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE:UNH) has invested about $14 million in tax-exempt revenue bonds issued by Children’s Institute Inc.  Tags: health insurers,specialty lines,undesignated,UNH Insurer Aetna cuts another 625 jobs, cites economy (AP) Posted on Feb 4, 2010 (3 days ago) Health insurer Aetna Inc. said Wednesday it cut another 625 jobs due to the economy, as it implemented reductions the company first announced last fall.  Tags: health insurers,aetna Watch for Rising Premiums Posted on Jan 29, 2010 (10 days ago) Huliq is reporting that the game for insurers may be about to change dramatically. The McCrarran-Ferguson Act gave insurer's immunity against anti-trust regulation. The threat of ending this protection has been thrown about by politicians with an ax to grind and picked up by some in the media as proof positive there is collusion among carriers to artificially keep premiums high. Bull! It is no secret that there is a monopoly on health insurance. Google health insurance and one is likely to come with Blue Cross or Aetna. And the point is? Those with liberal arts degrees and small sex organs claim this is proof of a price fixing monopoly. Fact is, ...  Posted on Jan 29, 2010 (9 days ago) In a new report called Rating Customer Service Experiences, 2010, I analyzed how 4,600+ US consumers rated their customer service experiences with 92 large companies across 14 industries. Led by Barnes & Noble, Kohl’s, and Marriott, 24 companies received a Net Satisfaction Score* of 80% or higher. At the other end of the spectrum, 10 firms had Net Satisfaction Scores below 50%: [...]  Tags: office depot,charter communications,apple,jp morgan chase,uhc,kaiser,washington mutual,citigroup,united airlines,credit unions,customer service,capital one,customer experience,comcast,aetna,hsbc,bank of america,aol Constitutional Problems with Obama's Health Care Plan « Summer Setting Posted on Jan 27, 2010 (11 days ago) The Bill will ALSO eventually FORCE private insurance companies out of business [Goodbye Aetna / Goodbye Blue Cross Blue Shield , etc.] and PUT everyone into a government run system. All decisions about personal health care will ...  Tags: health insurers,bcbs blog New Paper Published in Health Affairs Supports Effectiveness of ActiveHealth Management's Value-Based Insurance Design Program (Business Wire) Posted on Jan 27, 2010 (11 days ago) NEW YORK----ActiveHealth Management , a subsidiary of Aetna , today announced the publication of a paper in the February issue of Health Affairs. The paper demonstrates that properly structured value-based insurance design programs can be effective at increasing adherence to drug regimens for specific chronic medical conditions without increasing overall costs.  Tags: health insurers,aetna Leading Health Insurers See Membership Declines - Healthcare Digital (press release) Posted on Jan 26, 2010 (13 days ago) Leading Health Insurers See Membership Declines Healthcare Digital (press release) ... with the nation's eight leading companies — Aetna, CIGNA, Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), Health Net, Humana, Kaiser Permanente ... Membership Continues to Fall for Top Health Plans Business Wire (press release) tutte le notizie (5) »  Tags: health insurers,kaiser kp,HCSC The Utah Healthcare Initiative: Health System Reform: Where Now? Posted on Jan 26, 2010 (12 days ago) Congress. That money, between $10 million and $20 million, came from Aetna Cigna Humana , Kaiser Foundation Health Plans, UnitedHealth Group and Wellpoint , according to two health care lobbyists familiar with the transactions. The ...  Tags: health insurers,blog Insurance Information - Health Insurance Companies: 5 Things to ... Posted on Jan 24, 2010 (15 days ago) Claims-Paying Ability [Financial Strength] When it comes to being fully prepared why does it make sense to depend on one of the “Big 3″ health insurance companies: United Healthcare , Aetna, or Humana? Aren't there some other good ...  Tags: health insurers,blog unh The importance of short term and long term disability insurance ... Posted on Jan 20, 2010 (18 days ago) Hartford Life ; Aflac; Lincoln Financial Group; Unum; Aetna; MetLife; Cigna; Reliance Standard; Standard; Prudential. I hope this article helps you consider getting the necessary insurance you need to help cover your family in the event ...  Tags: new england,ancillary carriers,northeast,disability,group life,ct Aetna Sees 2010 EPS Below 2009; Stock Drops (at Barrons.com) Posted on Jan 12, 2010 (26 days ago) Tags: health insurers,aetna Drug Company and HMO Lobbyists Try to Save Democrat in ... Posted on Jan 11, 2010 (27 days ago) On the insurance side of things, Blue Cross/Blue Shield , Cigna, Humana, HealthSouth, and United Health all are represented on the host committee. Those HMOs (like Aetna) or drug companies who don't have lobbyists in Coakley's top tier ...  Tags: health insurers,bcbs blog 3 Insurers Certify for Phase II of CORE - Insurance Networking News Posted on Jan 7, 2010 (31 days ago) 3 Insurers Certify for Phase II of CORE Insurance Networking News Three insurers—Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Aetna Inc. and WellPoint Inc.—have received certification for compliance with the second phase of the CORE ...  Tags: health insurers,wellpoint Aetna Disability Study Shows Members May Get Back to Work Sooner Following Mental Health Leave (Business Wire) Posted on Jan 7, 2010 (31 days ago) HARTFORD, Conn.----A recent study by Aetna Disability and Absence management of disability members who also had a mental health diagnosis showed that members spent an average of seven fewer days on disability when compared to an industry benchmark.* The Aetna Disability program is unique among disability providers in that it contains its own centralized Behavioral Health Unit staffed with licensed behavioral health clinicians.  Tags: health insurers,aetna Capone v. Aetna Life Insurance Company - Leagle, Inc. Posted on Jan 6, 2010 (32 days ago) Capone v. Aetna Life Insurance Company Leagle, Inc. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., 433 SE2d 363 (Ga. App. 1993). There is no settled interpretation for the language in the second provision. ...  Tags: mid atlantic,reliance,ancillary carriers,life,ltd,pa,disability Aetna to Take Up to $65M in Charges in Q4 - MarketNewsVideo.com Posted on Dec 30, 2009 (39 days ago) Aetna to Take Up to $65M in Charges in Q4 MarketNewsVideo.com Competitor WellPoint (NYSE:WLP) announced today it will hold a conference call to discuss its fourth quarter results on January 27, but did not give any ...  Tags: health insurers,wellpoint,WLP [$$] Aetna to Book Charge for Layoffs (at The Wall Street Journal Online) Posted on Dec 30, 2009 (39 days ago) Tags: health insurers,aetna Aetna Announces $60 Million for Employee Reductions at Fox Business Posted on Dec 30, 2009 (39 days ago) Tags: health insurers,aetna Last year's work comp managed care predictions Posted on Dec 29, 2009 (41 days ago) One year ago - against my better judgment - I made eight predictions about what would happen in the work comp managed care world. Here's how I did. 1. Coventry will be acquired. Well, that's a helluva way to start... Tags: workers comp,talent management,hr,hcm Cigna health plans | Health Insurance Article Blog Posted on Dec 23, 2009 (46 days ago) Suisse to raise his price targets [predicting greater strength of stock performance] on seven insurers: Aetna Cigna , Amerigroup Corp., Humana Inc., Molina Healthcare Inc., UnitedHealth Group Inc. and Wellcare Health Plans Inc. … read more… ... Wellpoint CIGNA , UHG shares hit 52-week high as Public Option strangles: http://is.gd/5kh2d =Guess who's running Congress Posted by briantedwards via Twitter. News Threats to public option boost health plans' financial fortunes ...  Tags: health insurers,blog Insurance Bailout, welcome to slavery « SpiderFarmer Posted on Dec 22, 2009 (47 days ago) As a result, shares of Aetna gained 4.7%, while Cigna rose 3.9%. United Health and Wellpoint “rallied to 52-week highs.” Once the bill becomes law, insurance companies will gain at least 26 million new customers and as much as $50 billion in ... The Senate's move prompted Gregory Nersessian of Credit Suisse to raise his price targets [predicting greater strength of stock performance] on seven insurers: Aetna Cigna , Amerigroup Corp., Humana Inc., Molina Healthcare Inc., ...  Tags: health insurers,blog
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