EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Nov 14, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Optum(TM) is offering benefits managers at companies of all sizes free online resources designed to help educate their employees about consumer-directed health plans and tax-advantaged health care accounts. The resources, available at OpenEnrollment123.com, provide benefit managers free tools that can be incorporated into their existing open [...]
Philadelphia, PA – November 1, 2011 – Independence Blue Cross (IBC) announced the introduction of two new progressively designed health plans for individuals and families that offer coverage beginning this fall on November 15. New members in southeastern Pennsylvania may now select from a broadened suite of 13 different medically underwritten health plans from IBC, [...]
PORTLAND, Ore., July 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Regence Life and Health has launched myStro, an online enrollment tool that provides employers and their employees with customized, real-time information about their insurance benefits. Among the features is a guided tour that walks employees through their benefit options and recommends the best products to meet their unique profile and [...]
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., July 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Anthem Blue Cross has launched an emergency room education campaign incorporating Google Maps to make it easier for consumers to find and use retail health clinics and urgent care centers for non-emergency conditions when their regular physicians are not available. “When your five-year-old is crying with a fever at 7 [...]
CHICAGO, IL–(Marketwire – Jun 25, 2011) – Do group health insurance plans provide the best coverage? From the looks of a GoHealth infographic, that might not always be the case. GoHealthInsurance.com is unveiling an infographic to show data from the Department of Labor and Department of Health and Human Services revealing the percentage of group plans [...]
Sterling, VA – June 10, 2011 – hCentive, Inc (www.hCentive.com) today announced that Coventry Health Care, Inc. (coventryhealthcare.com) selected the hCentive WebInsure Consumer platform to power the online sales of its health plan products for individuals and families. Online consumers shopping for health insurance and brokers who quote and sell CoventryOne Individual products are now [...]
MINNETONKA, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Medica today announced that it will offer an innovative new defined contribution health benefit offering that will help employers better control rising healthcare costs while providing more group health coverage choices for their employees. The offering – My Plan by MedicaSM – is the first of its kind in the Minnesota market and [...]
DEERFIELD, Ill., June 03, 2011 – Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG)(NASDAQ: WAG) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of drugstore.com. The transaction includes all websites directly owned and operated by drugstore.com, as well as its corporate office and customer service and distribution center operations. The transaction, which represents a total enterprise value of approximately [...]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), a national leader in health care coverage, and The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. (RDA), parent company of Reader’s Digest – one of America’s best known and trusted brands – today announced a new alliance focused on enhancing seniors’ health and well-being. As part of this alliance, [...]
(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 [...]