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Health insurance company mergers and acquisitions don't always provide incremental value according to a new report from industry consulting company Deloitte.
Aetna reported fourth quarter 2012 earnings today that were 49 percent lower than 2011, as the nation's third largest insurer took one-time charges related to the settlement of a $120 million reimbursement lawsuit announced last month.
Managed care insurer Health Net reported 2012 fourth quarter earnings down 91 percent from the previous year, after litigation, severance costs and declines in commercial enrollment.
Health IT venture capital funding approached $1.2 billion, disbursed across more than 160 deals, in 2012, said a recent report from Mercom Capital Group.
Results from a new survey on the state of hiring in the healthcare market confirm what has been reported for years, even in the midst of an economic downturn: the healthcare jobs market is scorching. Trouble is, hiring managers are finding it challenging to get the qualified people they need.
Better Health, a regional health improvement collaborative in northeast Ohio reported that hospitalizations for cardiovascular conditions addressed by its programs fell by 10.7 percent in 2011, building on declines in 2009 and 2010. According to Better Health this is first time a decline in avoidable hospitalizations has been reported as a result of a regional health collaborative's efforts.
On Tuesday, representatives from the Montefiore Medical Center in New York and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) discussed how regional collaborations can improve quality and reduce costs during a webinar sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) Health Care Innovations Exchange.
The Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB) recently outlined its second year of work as it helps guide the state toward a publicly financed single payer healthcare system by 2017.
Web insurance marketplace and health insurance exchange company Connecture announced earlier this month that it had acquired DRX (formerly DestinationRx), in a deal that will join two companies that offer online enrollment and insurance marketplaces for commercial plans and government insurers alike.
Ahead of guaranteed issue regulations taking effect in 2014, a new study has found that about 20 percent of individual insurance applications are rejected nationwide.