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Senate to probe Aetna, Cigna, United Healthcare, Quest, LabCorp for alleged billion-dollar fraud

Senate members yesterday called for an investigation of possible Medicare and Medicaid fraud between the nation's largest laboratory testing companies and insurers, reports The Fiscal Times. Senate

Florida health insurance execs push for exchange

Despite a widespread political backlash against healthcare reform in the Sunshine State, Florida's top insurance executives have actively lobbied underwriters to build a statewide insurance exchange,

Family caregivers show great interest in mobile technologies

More than two-thirds of family caregivers who have used some form of technology to help them with caregiving say that web-based and mobile technologies designed to facilitate caregiving would be

Unintended consequences: Insurers stop offering new coverage for some kids

The healthcare overhaul law, which was supposed to increase access to healthcare, may have exactly the opposite effect for some children. Later this year, the law requires insurers to accept all

Massive administrative work of expanded health coverage begins

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Internal Revenue Service, health information technology professionals, physicians, health plans, and individual states face hefty to-do lists now

UnitedHealthcare's cancer protocol reports essentially 'policing' docs

While it may be advantageous to have doctors receive reports on whether the cancer treatment they prescribe follows quality protocols, UnitedHealthcare's recent move to mail individualized reports to

SPOTLIGHT: Rule change cuts reimbursement rates at NY hospital system in half

In a move it says is designed to lower costs and improve quality, UnitedHealthcare plans to cut hospital reimbursement rates for patients at any of five Continuum hospitals in New York by 50 percent

Rule change cuts reimbursement rates at NY hospital system in half

In a move it says is designed to lower costs and improve quality, UnitedHealthcare plans to cut hospital reimbursement rates for patients at any of five Continuum hospitals in New York by 50 percent

Connecticut MDs protest takeover of Health Net memberships by UnitedHealthcare

Last month, Connecticut state regulators agreed to let UnitedHealthcare pick up renewal rights to Health Net's membership rolls. Under the plan, Health Net will stop offering health insurance in

FAIR database might not be as fair as it sounds

With UnitedHealthcare being forced to outsource its database physician out-of-network payment rates, doctors may have a better chance at getting paid what they bill. This is certainly a good thing