Arcadian Health Plan, Inc., announced today the debut of their Medicare Advantage health plans for select counties in California, Missouri, New Hampshire and Virginia, as well as continued expansion into existing markets including Maine and Texas. Its sister organizations and corresponding affiliates also continue expansion in Georgia, Louisiana, New York, Oklahoma, and North Carolina. Providing [...]

HighRoads, the company providing employers – for the first time – complete control over their health care costs and vendors, today announced the release of HR Control, an interactive Web-based dashboard that dynamically displays real-time performance metrics for all critical HR and benefits programs. HR Control offers a personalized view that quickly identifies when customer’s [...]

Key Senate Democrats said on Thursday the cost of their plan to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system has dropped to $611 billion over a decade, a figure they hope will help draw wider bipartisan support in Congress.
Democratic Senators Edward Kennedy and Christopher Dodd, who are leading the Senate Health, Education Labor and Pension Committee’s efforts [...]

The TriZetto Group, Inc. announced that Neighborhood Health Plan (NHP) and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst) were the winners of the first annual Integrated Healthcare Management (IHM) Power Awards in the categories of Operational Excellence and Innovation, respectively. The awards honor innovative customers that are demonstrating tangible success in the pursuit of IHM, the systematic application [...]

Health Integrated, the leading Targeted Population Health Management company, and MedeFinance, the leading Healthcare Performance Analytics company, are partnering to jointly offer health plan customers services that combine the power of targeted population management with advanced business intelligence. Mede’s analytics enable health plans to become more rapidly and accurately informed about areas of particular concern [...]

How has competition for health insurance business changed in recent years and which markets are targeted for growth? What do health plan financials tell us about the competitive environment? Mark Farrah Associates (MFA) will be addressing these important questions at the Society of Insurance Research (SIR) Conference in Las Vegas from March 29th through April [...]

There are resources for working Utahns who struggle to afford their employer’s health plans, according to employee benefits company Spectra Management. Spectra recommends that people who are in a period of job transition or looking for ways to enroll their children on their plan consider Utah Premium Partnership (UPP), Utah’s healthcare premium subsidy program.
“As the [...]

Eastern Life & Health Insurance Company (ELH), a subsidiary of Eastern Insurance Holdings, Inc. announced that it will add vision to the ELH line of ancillary benefit products. ELH’s vision products include a vision insurance plan and a vision discount program, both utilizing the VSP Vision Care network.
“Adding vision to ELH’s product portfolio [...]

Citizens Republic Bancorp has selected HealthPlus Insurance Company to become its sole health insurance carrier for all active employees and retirees effective January 1, 2009.
Citizens’ 5,000 employees, retirees, and their dependents in Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Iowa, will be offered an array of PPO plan options through HealthPlus.
“HealthPlus is an outstanding provider of health insurance [...]

Humana Inc. introduced a unique educational tool – the Humana Health Plan Guide – for its small-business customers with 5 to 99 employees. The new guide, which Humana customers will receive twice a year, provides a synopsis of how employees use various health benefits. In addition, based on the employees’ healthcare utilization, the report [...]