Archives for January 2014
Humana’s Mark Kent promoted to regional president30 Jan 2014
Mark Kent, CEO of Humana’s CAC-Florida Medical Centers, has been promoted to regional president. The promotion means Kent oversees all... Continue Reading
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CVS Caremark completes $2.1B deal for Coram30 Jan 2014
CVS Caremark on Friday completed its $2.1 billion purchase of Coram LLC, the infusion services unit of Apria Healthcare Group... Continue Reading
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Highmark CEO faces suit over renovation30 Jan 2014
A long-running billing dispute between the CEO of Pittsburgh insurer Highmark Inc. and the general contractor that remodeled his $2.7... Continue Reading
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Hawaii health exchange costs likely to fall30 Jan 2014
The executive director of Hawaii’s health insurance marketplace says the cost of running the exchange is likely to fall below... Continue Reading
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Sandoval pressures Xerox to fix Nevada’s ailing insurance exchange now30 Jan 2014
Gov. Brian Sandoval said Wednesday he has run out of patience with the failures of Xerox, the company contracted to... Continue Reading
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Health Exchange Website For Businesses Delayed30 Jan 2014
Maryland’s health exchange board approved a plan Monday to allow eligible small businesses to begin offering employees small group health... Continue Reading
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Aetna Buys Reinsurance Coverage30 Jan 2014
U.S. health insurer Aetna Inc. has announced a five-year reinsurance agreement with Vitality Re V Limited, a newly-formed special purpose... Continue Reading
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Cigna creates its first affordable-care partnership in Illinois with Adventist30 Jan 2014
Cigna Corp., the sixth-largest insurer in Illinois, and a physicians group affiliated with west suburban Adventist Midwest Health are betting... Continue Reading
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Aetna CEO: We May Have to Pull Out of Obamacare, or Heavily Hike Premiums30 Jan 2014
Via CNBC, an appropriate companion story to Moody’s decision to downgrade health insurers’ credit outlook to “negative.” At least one... Continue Reading
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BlueCross CEO Bill Gracey takes health care personally30 Jan 2014
From Bill Gracey’s perspective, the tangled mess of health care seems like a surmountable problem. Gracey is CEO of BlueCross... Continue Reading
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