managed-care

UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s second-quarter earnings rose 13% behind stronger revenue, rising membership and continued sluggish trends in patients using health care, leading the managed-care company to once again boost its outlook for the year.

UnitedHealth Profit Rises 13%, Raises View Jon Kamp 2011

Health insurers have a growing amount of government business because of private Medicare coverage and states' expanding use of managed-care contracts to oversee Medicaid programs.

Business Braces for Belt Tightening Jonathan D. Rockoff 2011

Cigna joints other managed-care heavyweights such as Humana Inc.

Cigna Targets Seniors With $3.8B HealthSpring Purchase Jon Kamp 2011

The managed-care company also boosted its share-repurchase authorization and joined several industry peers in establishing a dividend, announcing a 25-cent quarterly payment.

Humana Lifts Outlook Dinah Wisenberg Brin 2011

MediSys chief executive David Rosen , who spent decades assembling a Medicaid-financed empire of hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and managed-care plans, has been put on an unpaid leave of absence.

MediSys Chief Ousted Jacob Gershman 2011

HS for $3.8 billion, significantly expanding the managed-care company's presence in Medicare-based plans that are expected to fuel industry growth as Baby Boomers age.

Cigna Targets Seniors With $3.8B HealthSpring Purchase Jon Kamp 2011

"There may be times when a pelvic exam is not necessary and your 15 minutes of managed-care time may be better spent talking."

Questioning the Need for Routine Pelvic Exam Melinda Beck 2011

Still, earnings topped analysts 'expectations and the managed-care provider boosted its 2010 profit target by 20 cents to at least $6.45 a share, excluding investment and write-down impacts.

WellPoint Net Rises 1.2% Yogita Patel 2010

Mr. Wasson, who became CEO in 2009, once ran a Walgreen division that worked with hospitals, managed-care partners and insurers.

Walgreen Prescribes Rate Change Timothy W. Martin 2011

The company controls Jamaica, Brookdale University and Flushing hospitals, a number of lucrative managed-care companies, and more than a dozen other health-care entities.

MediSys Chief Ousted Jacob Gershman 2011