Health Insurance
Health insurance news and analysis, with coverage of general health insurance trends, major medical insurance, disability insurance, dental insurance, vision plans, telemedicine plans, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, short-term health insurance, the Affordable Care Act public exchange program, and more.
July 26, 2001
Gartner Sees Delays In HIPAA Data Standards ComplianceGartner Sees Delays In HIPAA Data Standards Compliance Gartner Inc. says only 15% of the health care providers it surveyed have completed the tests ...
July 26, 2001
Industry Representatives Not Present At Senate Genetic Testing HearingNU Online News Service, July 26, 12:35 p.m. -- A Senate committee held a hearing on genetic testing, employment and insurance Wednesday without including ...
July 26, 2001
Corrections A June 11 article, "SEC Mulls Oversight Of Financial Web Portals," incorrectly attributed a quote about potential problems with creating a special regulatory category ...
July 26, 2001
Health Plans Contend Patient Protection Bill Will Cause Millions To Lose CoverageHealth Plans Contend Patient Protection Bill Will Cause Millions To Lose CoverageByWashington The House of Representatives began consideration of patient protection legislation last week that ...
July 26, 2001
Fortis Health To Market Health Plans In New Hampshire With State FarmNU Online News Service, July 26, 10:30 a.m. -- Fortis Health, Milwaukee, says it is returning to the New Hampshire individual medical insurance market.Fortis ...
July 26, 2001
To The Point: Bobos In ParadiseBobos In ParadiseA little more than a year ago I wrote a column entitled, "Whatever Happened to Elegance?" In it, I decried what Letitia Baldridge, ...
July 25, 2001
WellPoint Reports Higher Second Quarter Net IncomeNU Online News Service, July 25, 8:15 p.m. -- WellPoint Health Networks Inc., Thousand Oaks, Calif., is reporting $100 million in net income for ...
July 25, 2001
Parents Fail To Enroll Half Of Eligible Children In Public Health Insurance ProgramsNU Online News Service, July 25, 10:22 a.m. -- Researchers at the Center for Studying Health System Change, Washington, have published a study in ...
July 24, 2001
RightChoice Reports Higher Second Quarter Net IncomeNU Online News Service, July 24, 12:25 p.m. -- RightChoice Managed Care Inc., St. Louis, is reporting $15 million in net income for the ...
July 24, 2001
Pacificare To Offer New Medicare Supplement Health InsuranceNU Online News Service, July 24, 12:25 p.m. -- PacifiCare Life and Health Insurance Company, Santa Ana, Calif., a subsidiary of PacifiCare Health Systems ...