Wellpoint Merger Stalled
California's insurance commissioner rejected a proposed $16.4 billion merger Friday between Anthem Inc.
Trends In Healthcare
From the executive summary: Although it has been slow to catch on, health care is gradually going the way of the consumer. New defined contribution and consumer-driven health plans put more control in the hands of the employee. Almost every insurance carrier offers its own version of a consumer-driven health plan. The paper examines trends prevailing in the health care industry.
Wellchoice down after earnings, broker downgrade
Shares of Wellchoice fell 8% after at least one brokerage reduced its investment rating on the health insurer.
Unitedhealth Achieves 36 Percent Increase In Second-Quarter Earnings
UnitedHealth Group recognized a 36 percent jump in earnings in the second quarter, driven by strong and diverse growth and operating performance across the spectrum of UnitedHealth Group businesses.
Medicare Announces Initiatives to Improve Care and Provide New Services Through Health IT
The CMS announced important initiatives to promote the adoption of electronic health records, nationwide electronic drug prescribing, and other health information technologies to improve the quality and reduce the costs of health care, and to provide more personalized services for beneficiaries.
Health merger collision
Outraged investors are accusing California lawmakers and regulators of electioneering at the expense of shareholders by delaying a proposed merger that would create the nation's largest health plan.
NO hospital OK’d for heart pump compensation
A New Orleans hospital has become the only one on a wide stretch of the Gulf Coast where Medicare or Medicaid will help pay for a heart pump.
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