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MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) surpassed $10 Billion at year-end 2010 according to a survey and the resulting research report conducted by Devenir, an investment firm that specializes in providing investment options for HSAs. “The survey was conducted in order to help shed light on the rapidly growing and evolving health savings account market” The [...]
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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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COLUMBIA – A decade ago, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina members were the first in the country to go to their computers to see real-time claims information, find doctors and make requests that they used to do over the phone. Now they can go back to their phones – smart phones – and have everything [...]
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PORTLAND, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– UnitedHealthcare is now offering a new health plan package in Oregon called Multi-Choice that gives small businesses across the state more benefit plan options they can offer their employees while keeping cost-effective coverage in place. Multi-Choice, available to businesses with up to 50 employees, allows employers to offer their employees as many [...]
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BLOOMFIELD, Conn., November 09, 2010 – CIGNA (NYSE: CI) announced today that it will expand access to its CIGNA Cost of Care Estimator® through four of the largest health information networks in the U.S.: Availity, NaviNet, Passport Health Communications Inc. and RealMed (an Availity Company). These companies service 90 percent of America’s physician practices, hospitals, [...]
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Medica is offering a number of new programs and products during 2011 open enrollment this fall designed to engage members in their health care decisions while personalizing their experience. The offerings range from programs that customize health information a member receives and reward healthy behaviors to a new consumer-directed health plan product. For employers offering [...]
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CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst) is introducing an innovative, new portfolio of health plans – called HealthyBlue – designed to foster and reward healthy lifestyles and promote collaboration between patients and their primary care physicians (PCPs). The products are specifically designed to make it easy for patients to seek necessary care, make them aware of their [...]
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Under the agreement, Medica will deploy HealthInsight’s proprietary value-based technology, including personalized scorecards, to its commercial customers with a program that delivers better quality of care and experience for members while reducing medical costs.
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As employers continue to empower workers to be more health focused, they are beginning to target and reward those workers who demonstrate a real commitment to making positive lifestyle changes.
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At the heart of this is the fact that health insurance plans will be unable to innovate.
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