The HealthLeaders-InterStudy Market Analyst team analyzes major developments at the nation’s publicly held health plans each quarter through their financial releases and conference call transcripts. T…
The HealthLeaders-InterStudy Market Analyst team analyzes major developments at the nation’s publicly held health plans each quarter through their financial releases and conference call transcripts. T…
The HealthLeaders-InterStudy Market Analyst team analyzes major developments at the nation’s publicly held health plans each quarter through their financial releases and conference call transcripts. T…
More employer groups are offering high deductible health plans as the sole offering to their employees due to recessionary pressures. Employers are banking on these plans as ways to save on health car…
Sorting out the complexities of healthcare reform has kept health plans and employer groups busy this enrollment season, overshadowing the typical product innovation seen this time of year. Financiall…
The HealthLeaders-InterStudy Market Analyst team analyzes major developments at the nation’s publicly held health plans each quarter through their financial releases and conference call transcripts. T…
Thanks to healthcare reform, prodding by the federal government and new benefit designs, we’re seeing substantial changes in store with the market.With the rollout of new Medicare plans for 2011, we’r…
Massachusetts, continuing to look for answers to its escalating heatlhcare costs, has passed legislation requring insurers to offer a limited network option for small employers–apparantly modeled off…
The asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) market represents a brand-dominated market that could face substantial changes over the next few years by the possible arrival of generic me…
Employment and health plan enrollment appear to have stabilized in Oregon and Washington, and both states are pushing ahead in response to federal health reforms, improving their regulatory capacity a…
Immune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease, psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis produce a substantial amount of human suffering and disability. Biol…
Pennsylvania's commercial insurance market suffered in 2009 as employment losses and the rising cost of employer-based health insurance forced many to drop coverage. The state's major communit…
Commercial carriers are trying to weather uncertain times as the government imposes new regulations under health reform. In advance of new rules governing medical loss ratios, Bradley Wilson, the new…
Although it appears unlikely there will be widespread, dramatic design changes in 2011 as plan sponsors attempt to understand the full implications of healthcare reform, there will be some adjustments…
Thousands of state residents currently receiving care in Minnesota through the state-subidized MinnesotaCare program could be moved into state exchanges as a part of national healthcare reform. Howeve…