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Dignity, Optum form revenue cycle management company
By Melanie Evans | October 14, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
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.
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Outliers: It's the battle of the UHCs
By Modern Healthcare | September 28, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
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.”
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UnitedHealth's patient engagement program sees health improvements, study says
By Joseph Conn | August 06, 2013
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.
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2nd-quarter surge | Insurers see profits swell, prospects good for 2014
By Jonathan Block | August 03, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
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.
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Health insurer Aetna's 2Q profit rises 17%
By Tom Murphy / Associated Press | July 30, 2013
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.
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A different kind of Medicaid expansion | Medicaid managed-care insurers prepare to offer plans on insurance exchanges, testing whether more Americans are ready for economy-class coverage
By M.P. McQueen | July 27, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
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.
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Reform Update: Federal exchanges also likely to see lower rates
By Jonathan Block | July 25, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
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...
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Privacy concerns loom with rollout of federal database hub
By Wichita (Kan.) Eagle | July 22, 2013
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...
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Reform Update: Obama touts ACA benefits amid GOP efforts to dismantle provisions
By Jonathan Block | July 18, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
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.
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UnitedHealth 2Q profit up as enrollment improves
By Associated Press | July 18, 2013
UnitedHealth Group's second-quarter net income rose almost 8%, buoyed by steady enrollment growth and slower-than-expected use of healthcare services.
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