LOUISVILLE, Ky. & JOHANNESBURG–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) announced today that it will offer the Vitality wellness and loyalty program and the program’s wide range of well-being tools and reward-partners through a joint venture with the program’s parent, Discovery Holdings Ltd. (JSE: DSY). A key element of the program includes a sophisticated health-behavior-change model supported [...]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. & AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MapMyFITNESS Inc., the premier provider of online and mobile health and fitness-related software applications, today announced a partnership with Humana, one of the nation’s largest health and supplemental benefits companies, to launch “Humana fit” – a Web and mobile social network designed to help its members live healthier and more [...]
MINNEAPOLIS — RedBrick Health, a leader in innovative health engagement technologies, today launched RedBrick 4, the company’s fourth-generation consumer health engagement platform. Key RedBrick 4 features include: A highly configurable and updated RedBrick Health EarningsSM engine that enables employers to change how they finance employee health benefits by aligning financial rewards with each step in [...]
LOUISVILLE, Ky.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), one of the nation’s largest publicly traded health and supplemental benefits companies, and Instructables.com – an online project-sharing community – have announced the winners of the “Humana Health by Design Challenge.” Humana challenged people to share their solutions to improve health, and document them in step-by-step format on Instructables.com. [...]
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — As part of its Patient-Centered Medical Home strategy, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is partnering with local health care provider groups and hospitals to roll out technology designed to positively impact the quality of patient care once that person leaves the hospital. Holston Medical Group in Kingsport, TN, is the first to incorporate Smart [...]
by Martin Trussell on January 24, 2011
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BOULDER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), one of the nation’s largest publicly traded health and supplemental benefits companies, has become a premier sponsor of peopleforbikes.org, a nationwide pro-bicycling campaign. The campaign is an unprecedented effort to unite 1 million bicyclists of all riding styles and abilities to encourage government leaders to support cost-effective legislation that [...]
HARTFORD, Conn., December 20, 2010 — Three years ago Aetna (NYSE: AET) began working with doctor groups, specialists and health care facilities to create a more personalized, connected and accountable way to provide health care. Today, Aetna’s early accountable care organization (ACO) model is improving health care quality and lowering the cost of care. Beginning in [...]
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has partnered with 15 physician practice groups to build the state’s largest Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) initiative with 31 sites. Ten additional practices are slated to open in 2011. More than 25,000 BlueCross members from Memphis to Bristol as well as individuals covered by competing health plans will [...]
Minnetonka, Minn. – Medica today announced it is launching a new personalized online health management program for its commercial members on January 1, 2011. The program will be accessible through Medica’s member website, mymedica.com. The centerpiece of the program is a health assessment unique and proprietary to Medica that determines each person’s health status [...]
LOUISVILLE, Ky.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Humana Military Healthcare Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), announces its new Depression Disease Management Program for the TRICARE South Region beneficiaries. The Depression Disease Management Program offers guidance, via telephone, by one of our staffed clinicians in understanding, diagnosing, and managing Depression. “Depression is a major behavioral health [...]