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Biz Brief: AMA Says 20% of Medical Insurance Claims Are Mishandled
12:50PM 6/15/2010
Company News, Health Care, CIGNA Corporation, United Health, Biz Brief
One in five medical claims is processed inaccurately by health insurers, the American Medical Association said on Monday. Eliminating these errors could save the health care system save $15.5 billion of the $210 billion it spends annually on claims processing.
Should health insurance premiums be regulated?
4:30PM 4/27/2010
Federal legislators have found a major hole in the regulation of health insurance premiums before the new health care reform takes effect.
This hole could lead to even more dramatic increase in premiums than the 39% increase announced by Anthem in California in February as the health care law was...
Health-Care Sector Appears to Rally As Reform Chances Dim
8:15PM 1/20/2010
Health Care, Genzyme Corporation , Bristol-Myers Squibb, CIGNA Corporation, Sanofi Aventis, Merck, GlaxoSmithKline, Amgen, Eli Lilly
President Obama can't be pleased by the loss of a Democratic Senate seat which jeopardizes passage of his cherished health-care reform. The news, however, appears to have fueled a mini stock rally in the health-care and pharma sectors wary of how any reform would affect their businesses. The uptrend is expected to continue.
Should beneficiary of drunk driver get $200,000?
11:30AM 12/07/2009
Deborah Firman filed suit against Becon Construction and Life Insurance Company, a Cigna company, for more than $200,000 it's refusing to pay for the death of Gilberto Espinoza, who died on Sept. 20, 2008, in a single-vehicle drunken driving accident in Trimble County, Ky. Cigna refused to pay the...
Medical costs finally see the light of day, thanks to new Web sites
12:30PM 10/29/2009
Technology, healthcare, Insurance - Health Insurance, Retail, Economizer, Saving Money
Advocates for lower cost health care have for some time argued that arming consumers with data about the costs of medical procedures would help drive down prices.
Insurers, however, have kept a tight lid on what they pay doctors and other health care providers, arguing that such information is...
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