The small-group market in Florida posted 5 percent gains in enrollment at mid 2008, but the economic recession is likely to put a damper on small-group business in a state relying on the troubled indu…
Enrollment in Illinois HMOs continues to decline with the most recent data from HealthLeaders-InterStudy showing a 14 percent decrease from the year before. HMOs now comprise about 18 percent of the c…
Humana Inc.'s latest stop on its buying spree was in East Tennessee where the Kentucky-based insurer agreed to purchase Cariten Healthcare, a provider-owned company doing business in commercial, M…
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has made its own in-house provider portal into the go-to site for Medicare elibibility and benefit information, even for those who are not its customers. In…
Florida insurers are seeing a marked movement toward self-insured health benefit designs, and the worsening economy in the state could keep the momentum toward self insurance under way for some time….
The managed care market in Oregon will be shaken up with the awarding of contracts for the Oregon Educators Benefit Board. Winning three-year contracts for medical and pharmacy coverage were Providenc…
Hurricane Katrina may have shaken up the hospital and physician supply in New Orleans in 2005, but the disaster has not had a long-term negative effect on health plans in the region. Health plans have…
Wisconsin is joining the ranks of states who are carving out the pharmacy benefits in their Medicaid and other health programs in an attempt to maximize rebates from drug manufacturers. And though the…
Two Louisiana-based health plans – Peoples Health and Vantage Health Plans – are succeeding in the Medicare Advantage space despite competition from larger, national plans. The three managed care heal…
Humana's purchase of OSF Health Plans will likely beef up the plan's presence in downstate Illinois, where Blue Cross Blue Shield and UnitedHealth dominate. Illinois health plans are adopting…
A much-awaited bidding process for managed care plans to serve Medicaid beneficiaries in Washington, D.C., resulted in the selection of its three existing MCOs, as well as Unison Health Plan, which is…
Wisconsin is joining the ranks of states who are carving out the pharmacy benefits in their Medicaid and other health programs in an attempt to maximize rebates from drug manufacturers. And though the…
Illinois' healthcare industry may see CIGNA HealthCare emerge as a more formidable player in the ASO and small group sectors thanks to its purchase of Great-West Healthcare. While Great-West was n…
Atlanta's health insurance market continues to be one of the most competitive in the country, and certainly in the South. And as major regional employers like Delta Airlines talk of a potential me…