Managed-care

Managed-care giant Kaiser Permanente took a $442 million write-off in 2002 after scrapping a multibillion dollar attempt to create its own electronic medical-record system and has spent billions more on a new one.

U.K. Ends Health-Service IT Upgrade Jeanne Whalen 2011

Managed-care groups sometimes design IT systems without enough input from doctors and nurses, who then rebel when the product is forced upon them, he said.

U.K. Ends Health-Service IT Upgrade Jeanne Whalen 2011

Managed-care company UnitedHealth Group Inc. is targeting long-term earnings growth in a double-digit range, backed by high single-digit sales growth, as it aims to expand its Optum health-care-services business.

UnitedHealth Targets Long-Term Double-Digit Earnings Growth Jon Kamp 2011

Managed-care companies have been on buying sprees before, mostly to gobble up competing insurers and expand their networks and membership.

Reforms Prod Insurers to Diversify Avery Johnson 2011

Managed-care shares have risen approximately 10% over the past month and 36.5% year to date, with Cigna up nearly 30% so far this year.

Cigna's Profit Up 52% on Claims Trend Dinah Wisenberg Brin 2011

Managed-care company UnitedHealth Group is targeting long-term earnings growth in a double-digit-percentage range, as it aims to expand its Optum health-care-services business.

Stocks Retain Positive Feeling Steven Russolillo 2011

Managed-care firms have been bulking up in this area as baby boomers age and Medicare Advantage plans—the insurers' version of the government program—become more popular.

Cigna Net Falls 37% on Charges Jon Kamp 2012

Managed-care organizations, like pharmaceutical companies, made some significant concessions as part of the overhaul, but have the potential of getting 32 million new customers, said Jeffrey Loo, an equity analyst at S

Health-Care ETFs Gain daisy maxey 2010

Managed-care organizations, like pharmaceutical companies, made some significant concessions as part of the overhaul, but have the potential of getting 32 million new customers, said Jeffrey Loo, an equity analyst at S

Health-Care ETFs Gain daisy maxey 2010

Managed-care organizations, like pharmaceutical companies, made some significant concessions as part of the overhaul, but have the potential of getting 32 million new customers, said Jeffrey Loo, an equity analyst at S

Health-Care ETFs Gain daisy maxey 2010