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(Portland, Ore.) – Small employers are traditionally faced with a difficult choice when providing health coverage for their employees: they can either choose benefits that are affordable, or spend more and offer their employees a choice. In most cases, small employers end up sacrificing choice for cost, leaving their employees feeling frustrated and dissatisfied by the [...]
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April 25, 2011 | Pittsburgh, Pa. — Highmark today announced that it will open two additional Highmark Direct retail health insurance stores in Pennsylvania. The stores will be located in Lancaster and Easton and will bring the total number of stores in the state to eight. Highmark today announced that it will open two additional [...]
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MINNETONKA, Minn. & WASHINGTON–(EON: Enhanced Online News)–CAQH and UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) today announced that UnitedHealth Group has completed the Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange® (CORE®) Phase I and II testing process. This process certifies that UnitedHealth Group can deliver more efficient and predictable patient-eligibility and claims-verification information to doctors, hospitals, physician offices [...]
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PHILADELPHIA, April 05, 2011 – As employers seek ways to control benefit costs, more are focusing on benefit programs that offer preventive options and strategies that encourage participation.1 CIGNA has expanded its dental product suite by adding new features that reward people for getting preventive dental care and also provide employers more plan design flexibility, [...]
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Priority Health is leading the chorus of health care organizations calling for smart health care and better outcomes. A new web-based tool allows members to evaluate care options prior to choosing surgery. “We each have a responsibility to ask questions of our care givers to ensure the care we receive is the [...]
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Columbia, S.C. – BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina’s Vicki Whichard presented a case study on its unique online toolkit for members at the World Congress’ Third Annual Health Plan Innovation Congress in Orlando, Fla., this week. My Health Toolkit®, accessible through a secure website, helps BlueCross members better manage their benefits, make informed treatment and [...]
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LOUISVILLE, Ky.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Humana Inc. (NYSE:HUM – News) has teamed with the iCan Benefit Group to offer a new line of discounted products for individual consumers. Effective immediately, people can access a variety of discounted packages that include dental, vision and pharmacy products. The agreement establishes the iCan Benefit Group as the primary marketer of [...]
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Hartford, Conn., February 28, 2011 — Employers that replaced their traditional health benefits plans with Aetna HealthFund® consumer-directed plans saved $21.5 million over a five-year period for every 10,000 members, based on a recent study of Aetna (NYSE: AET) health care claims and utilization. The study showed that members of consumer-directed plans accessed more preventive care [...]
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HARTFORD, Conn., February 23, 2011 — Aetna (NYSE: AET) members in most fully-insured medical plans in Texas and Florida now have the option of using a new service from Teladoc to access non-urgent care over the phone. “When a member’s primary care doctor is not available, a telephone consultation from Teladoc’s local physicians may be a [...]
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