Thought leadership on the use of innovation to solve health care access, quality, and funding issues.
Posts tagged as:
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 [...]
{ 0 comments }
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 [...]
{ 0 comments }
(Providence, RI, 02.14.2011) – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) today announced that it is rolling out a new product portfolio for small business employers beginning with April 1 enrollment dates or plan renewals. The new health plan offerings are in response to employers who requested plan options that help moderate [...]
{ 0 comments }
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 [...]
{ 0 comments }
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 [...]
{ 0 comments }
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. [...]
{ 0 comments }
Minnetonka, Minn. (Feb, 3, 2011) – Heart disease is America’s No. 1 killer, claiming one life every 39 seconds, according to the American Heart Association. February is American Heart Month, and UnitedHealth Group is rallying Americans to get informed about heart disease. The company is reaching out to women in particular; research shows that, while [...]
{ 0 comments }
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 [...]
{ 0 comments }
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 [...]
{ 0 comments }
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 [...]
{ 0 comments }
Unknown Feed