Dignity Health, a large and expanding health system based in San Francisco, has formed a revenue cycle management company in a joint venture with Optum, a subsidiary of insurer UnitedHealth Group. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | September 28, 2013
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Outliers has always thought of the profusion of acronyms in healthcare as just annoying. But now, one has sparked a legal battle, as University HealthSystem Consortium is suing UnitedHealth Group over the use of “UHC.” FULL STORY »
A patient engagement and reporting program linked to financial incentives yielded multiple improvements in health measures for employees of UnitedHealth Group, according to a study published in the August issue of Health Affairs. FULL STORY »
By Jonathan Block | August 03, 2013
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Whether it's the lingering aftershock of the Great Recession, stepped-up efforts at cost control by providers or a combination of the two, slow-growing medical claims led to surging profits for big commercial health insurers in the second quarter. FULL STORY »
Aetna Inc.'s second-quarter earnings jumped 17%, and the health insurer raised its 2013 forecast as it reaped revenue and enrollment gains from its acquisition of fellow insurer Coventry Health Care. FULL STORY »
The entry of Medicaid managed-care insurers into the exchange market will test whether a broader segment of Americans will accept the economy-class health coverage. FULL STORY »
President Barack Obama last week touted an HHS report that found 2014 premiums for individual-market health plans in state-run insurance exchanges will be lower than those for comparable, currently available plans. But that HHS report didn't address rates in the federally run exchanges in 34... FULL STORY »
The biggest overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system in 50 years has spawned one of the most complex computer projects in the government's history. Dubbed “the hub,” the $267 million computer system built by a unit of UnitedHealth Group is one of the most important determiners of whether... FULL STORY »
President Barack Obama touted two developments to come out of his healthcare law: consumers will receive millions back from insurers and premiums on state insurance exchanges are less expensive. FULL STORY »
UnitedHealth Group's second-quarter net income rose almost 8%, buoyed by steady enrollment growth and slower-than-expected use of healthcare services. FULL STORY »
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