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NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top managed care companies are mixed at noon: Aetna rose $.29 or 1.0 percent, to $30.76. CIGNA fell $.08 or .2 percent, to $33.77. Coventry Healthcare fell $.20 or .9 percent, to $22.43. Humana rose $.43 or 1.1 percent, to $40.94. UnitedHealth rose $.23 or .8 percent, to $28.69. WellPoint fell $.01 or percent, to $55.75.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top managed care companies are up at 10 a.m.: Aetna rose $.43 or 1.4 percent, to $30.90. CIGNA rose $.35 or 1.0 percent, to $34.20. Coventry Healthcare rose $.11 or .5 percent, to $22.74. Humana rose $.37 or .9 percent, to $40.88. UnitedHealth rose $.49 or 1.7 percent, to $28.95. WellPoint rose $.23 or .4 percent, to $55.99.
In a release from the system they explained their decision. Baton Rouge, La. - The Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady (FMOL) Health System has made the decision not to renew its contracts with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana. Effective Feb. 1, 2010, the FMOL System's hospitals and certain affiliated providers will no longer be contracted as in-network providers for the state's largest ...
The Food and Drug Administration still hasn't restructured its staff to better monitor drug safety, more than three years after experts recommended key changes in the wake of the Vioxx scandal.
Baton Rouge, La. - The Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady (FMOL) Health System has made the decision not to renew its contracts with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana. Effective Feb. 1, 2010, the FMOL System's hospitals and certain affiliated providers will no longer be contracted as in-network providers for the state's largest health insurer. "Regrettably, the FMOL System has chosen not ...
Florida will receive $8.5 million from a settlement with Roxane Laboratories, a Columbus, Ohio, pharmaceutical company, to partially resolve a Leon County Medicaid fraud lawsuit, the state attorney general said Wednesday.
Gov. Ted Strickland has tapped one of his top policy advisers to oversee Ohio's Medicaid programs.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top managed care companies were mixed at the close of trading: Aetna rose $.58 or 1.9 percent, to $30.47. CIGNA rose $.61 or 1.8 percent, to $33.85. Coventry Healthcare fell $.07 or .3 percent, to $22.63. Humana fell $.10 or .2 percent, to $40.51. UnitedHealth rose $.16 or .6 percent, to $28.46. WellPoint rose $.97 or 1.8 percent, to $55.76.
The state's Medicaid system overpaid health care providers or failed to obtain federal reimbursement for a potential loss of millions of dollars, according to auditors.
More than $98 million in Maryland Medicaid claims were paid without the use of safeguards built into a computerized system designed to stop inappropriate payments to medical providers, state auditors reported Tuesday.
Texas Ranks 4th Nationally in Terms of Cumulative Underfunding of Key Seniors' Care Program AUSTIN, Texas, Dec.
States With Largest Patient Per Day (PPD) Funding Differential: WI, NJ, MA, NY, WY, IL, MN, MO, NE, RI WASHINGTON, Dec.
Deep inside the Senate bill is a controversial new program -- and it's not the public option
67 WALL STREET, New York - December 9, 2009 - The Wall Street Transcript has just published its Consumer Health Services Report offering a timely review of the sector to serious investors and industry executives. This 53 page feature contains expert industry commentary through in-depth interviews with public company CEOs, Equity Analysts and Money Managers. The full issue is available by calling ...
States spent $567 million on smoking prevention and cessation programs in the latest fiscal year, a 15 percent decrease from the year before, a report said.
In a victory for 210,000 Michigan senior citizens, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan can raise rates for its supplemental Medicare policies no more than 3.8% -- not the 31.2% sought by the insurer -- the state insurance commissioner ruled Monday. In seeking the increase, Blue Cross said it has lost $358 million on the plans, known as Medigap policies, since 2003.
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