Archives for October 2014
October 30, 2014-Not worried rising health-care costs a trend: Aetna CEO30 Oct 2014
Thursday October 30, 2014 Home | Subscribe Payer Advisory Weekly Top Stories Optum buying Alere Health for $600 million Assurant... Continue Reading
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Infosys too bid for US healthcare company Trizetto23 Oct 2014
BANGALORE: Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka has on a couple of occasions in recent weeks dismissed Trizetto, the US healthcare solutions... Continue Reading
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Report: Humana could sell its urgent care subsidiary23 Oct 2014
Louisville-based health insurance giantHumana Inc. is exploring the sale of Concentra, its urgent care subsidiary,according to a Reuters report. The story... Continue Reading
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UnitedHealthcare Sees positive impact of accountable care23 Oct 2014
Accountable care and other quality investments have produced significant improvements in complication rates and hospital admissions, the payer said last week.... Continue Reading
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Sam’s club to launch a private health insurance exchange23 Oct 2014
Sam’s Club announced Wednesday that it is opening a private health insurance exchange for its members, a move that is... Continue Reading
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New Cigna health and fitness app on Samsung phones23 Oct 2014
Cigna and Samsung, have joined forces to deliver the next generation of smart health coaching services. Coach by Cigna is... Continue Reading
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Aetna CEO: we still need new math for medicare23 Oct 2014
The Medicare Part A trust fund will be exhausted by 2030. As 11,000 baby boomers become eligible for Medicare daily,... Continue Reading
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Covered California kicks off renewals for 201523 Oct 2014
The first wave of renewal notices for individuals with health insurance throughCovered California are going out this week, executive director Peter Lee announced... Continue Reading
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Will ObamaCare help McKesson, other drug companies?23 Oct 2014
The Big Three U.S. drug distributors: McKesson (NYSE:MCK), AmerisourceBergen(NYSE:ABC) and Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH) — should see decent growth in coming... Continue Reading
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Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey appoints chief strategy officer23 Oct 2014
(Newark – October 20, 2014) – Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ) announced today that Dr. Minal... Continue Reading
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