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Maine Residents With Medicare Searching for Affordable and Innovative Insurance Have Competitive Medicare Advantage Option
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PR Newswire
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Mon 10:29 am ET
At a time when the 250,000+ eligible Medicare recipients in Maine are increasingly concerned about finding affordable health insurance, they now have a competitive Medicare option for 2010.
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CIGNA Earns New Accreditation for Wellness and Health Promotion Programs from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
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Business Wire
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Mon 10:08 am ET
BLOOMFIELD, Conn.----CIGNA has become one of the first companies – and the first national health plan – to earn the new National Committee for Quality Assurance quality rating for its health and wellness programs, continuing the company’s longstanding commitment to health improvement using industry-leading programs and techniques as validated by external accrediting organizations.
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Health Net Beats Estimates
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Zacks.com
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Mon 9:56 am ET
Health Net's third-quarter EPS of 67 cents was above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 61 cents.
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Humana Military Encourages South Region TRICARE Beneficiaries to Get Their H1N1 Flu Vaccines
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Business Wire
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Mon 9:40 am ET
LOUISVILLE, Ky.----Humana Military Healthcare Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Humana Inc. , encourages TRICARE South Region beneficiaries to get their H1N1 influenza vaccinations in an effort to reduce the spread of the virus.
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Health insurers weather storms heading into 2010
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AP
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Thu Nov 5
Rising unemployment, swine flu and the threat of health care reform all ganged up on managed care companies in the third quarter and could hurt their performance heading into 2010. But most of the large publicly traded health insurers reported better-than-expected profit growth for the latest period, and analysts still see strong core businesses beneath the challenges facing the industry.
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Aetna Announces Appearance at Credit Suisse Healthcare Conference
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Business Wire
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Thu Nov 5
HARTFORD, Conn.----Aetna announced today that Joseph M. Zubretsky, executive vice president and chief financial officer, is scheduled to make a presentation at the Credit Suisse Healthcare Conference on Nov. 12, 2009, in Phoenix, AZ.
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Ingenix Survey Finds Physicians Have Limited Understanding of new Government Stimulus Incentives for EHRs
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Business Wire
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Wed Nov 4
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.----A recent survey found that cost is the top concern among physicians considering electronic health records for their practices. Also, survey respondents had limited understanding of the financial assistance for implementing an EHR system now available to physicians through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act .
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WellCare says Medicare fraud sanctions lifted
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AP
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Wed Nov 4
WellCare Health Plans Inc. said Wednesday it will start marketing Medicare drug and Medicare Advantage programs in the next few days, as most of the government's fraud sanctions on the company are being lifted.
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Magellan Health Tops Street
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Zacks.com
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Mon Nov 2
The company posted a 31.9% growth in net income to $31.0 million or 88 cents per share, which easily surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 21 cents.
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Citing swine flu costs, Amerigroup cancels outlook
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AP
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Mon Oct 26
Health insurer Amerigroup Corp. said its medical costs jumped in the third quarter due to the swine flu, which will lead to smaller profits in the third quarter and full year 2009.
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