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NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top managed care companies are mixed at noon: Aetna fell $.10 or .3 percent, to $29.68. CIGNA fell $.23 or .7 percent, to $30.73. Coventry Healthcare fell $.12 or .5 percent, to $22.56. Humana rose $.27 or .7 percent, to $41.78. UnitedHealth fell $.33 or 1.1 percent, to $28.80. WellPoint rose $.07 or .1 percent, to $52.43.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top managed care companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Aetna rose $.03 or .1 percent, to $29.81. CIGNA rose $.13 or .4 percent, to $31.09. Coventry Healthcare rose $.01 or percent, to $22.69. Humana rose $.15 or .4 percent, to $41.66. UnitedHealth fell $.06 or .2 percent, to $29.07. WellPoint fell $.05 or .1 percent, to $52.31.
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration says $34 million in new budget cuts includes a 5 percent cut in reimbursements to hospitals for serving patients on Medicaid.
Sometimes more is less and better too. That's true for the expansion of Medicaid contained in the health care reform bill that just passed the U.S. House.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top managed care companies were up at the close of trading: Aetna rose $.66 or 2.3 percent, to $29.82. CIGNA rose $.08 or .3 percent, to $30.96. Coventry Healthcare rose $.69 or 3.1 percent, to $22.68. Humana rose $1.06 or 2.6 percent, to $41.51. UnitedHealth rose $.46 or 1.6 percent, to $29.13. WellPoint rose $1.36 or 2.7 percent, to $52.36.
Health Net's third-quarter EPS of 67 cents was above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 61 cents.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Gov. Joe Manchin wants to hold off on a plan to expand Medicaid coverage for adults in West Virginia.Earlier this year, Manchin instructed the state health department to prepare a policy that would allow adults earning up to 50 percent...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- West Virginias plans to expand its Medicaid program have been put on hold while Congress debates overhauling the nations health care system. Gov. Joe Manchins proposal to expand Medicaid coverage for adults earning up to ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The state of Alaska must pay for braces on the teeth of foster children and young people on Medicaid who need them, a Superior Court judge ruled Monday. Judge William Morse i...
West Virginia’s plans to expand its Medicaid program have been put on hold while Congress debates overhauling the nation’s health care system.
Gov. Joe Manchin wants to hold off on a plan to expand Medicaid coverage for adults in West Virginia.
ELIZABETHTOWN - Essex County will hire a law firm to represent it in preparing a new countywide plan to detect and avoid fraud and inaccurate billing in the Medicaid program.
LANSDALE — January 1, 2010 won’t be a good day for more than 10,000 seniors in Montgomery County.
State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is investigating a security breach at Blue Cross and Blue Shield, claiming the insurance company waited two months to inform nearly 19,000 doctors and other health care providers in Connecticut that a laptop containing their personal information had been stolen.
A lawsuit launched against Amgen Inc. on Oct. 30 raises important questions about what is accepted practice when it comes to manufacturing and administering certain drugs and whether the company encouraged the fraudulent sale of free drugs to increase their use. The fifteen state attorneys general behind the suit allege that Amgen exceeded the amount of “overfill” necessary in its vials of ...
It may not be much comfort to Dr. Richard Fisher.But he is not alone.Fisher, a Brookfield dentist, found out last month that Blue Cross/Blue Shield may have leaked his Social Security number and other personal identification in a security breach that may be affecting as many as 850,000 doctors, dentists, therapists and other health providers.
