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Author |
Type |
Date |
Words |
| Kaiser Permanente Rated Highest Again on California's Annual Clinical Quality Report Card. |
|
Report |
Mar 28, 2013 |
668 |
| A.M. Best Assigns Ratings to UnitedHealth Group Incorporated's New Senior Unsecured Notes. |
|
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Mar 1, 2013 |
555 |
| Fitch Expects to Rate UnitedHealth Group's Planned Senior Notes Offering 'A-'. |
|
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Feb 25, 2013 |
1633 |
| Fitch: Coventry's Ratings Remain on Rating Watch Positive Pending Close of Acquisition by Aetna. |
|
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Feb 15, 2013 |
746 |
| Fitch: Aetna's Ratings Remain on Rating Watch Negative Pending Coventry Acquisition's Close. |
|
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Feb 15, 2013 |
1211 |
| SelectHealth Receives Top Rating for HMO and CHIP Plans. |
|
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Feb 11, 2013 |
245 |
| Fitch Affirms WellPoint's IDR at 'A-'; Outlook Negative. |
|
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Jan 15, 2013 |
1497 |
| United Natural Foods Set to Join the S&P MidCap 400; Abiomed & Ixia to Join S&P SmallCap 600. |
|
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Dec 17, 2012 |
1088 |
| A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated and Its Subsidiaries. |
|
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Dec 13, 2012 |
951 |
| A.M. Best Comments on Humana Inc.'s Proposed Acquisition of Metropolitan Health Networks, Inc. |
|
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Nov 7, 2012 |
373 |
| A.M. Best Assigns Ratings to Aetna Inc.'s New Senior Notes. |
|
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Nov 6, 2012 |
463 |
| Fitch Upgrades AMIL to 'AAA(bra)'. |
|
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Oct 30, 2012 |
580 |
| Group Health Cooperative's Medicare Advantage HMO Plan Receives Highest Star Ratings for Quality and Service from Medicare for 2013. |
|
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Oct 12, 2012 |
862 |
| Brazil,United States : A.M. Best Comments on UnitedHealth Group Incorporated s Intent to Acquire Amil Participacoes SA. |
|
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Oct 9, 2012 |
281 |
| United States : A.M. Best Special Report: Medical Costs Hit Health Insurers Earnings; Government Business Boosts Enrollment. |
|
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Oct 9, 2012 |
211 |
| A.M. Best Special Report: Medical Costs Hit Health Insurers' Earnings; Government Business Boosts Enrollment. |
|
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Oct 8, 2012 |
323 |
| Fitch Places AMIL on Rating Watch Positive. |
|
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Oct 8, 2012 |
584 |
| A.M. Best Comments on UnitedHealth Group Incorporated's Intent to Acquire Amil Participacoes SA. |
|
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Oct 8, 2012 |
433 |
| United States : A.M. Best Assigns Rating to WellPoint, Inc. s New Senior Convertible Debentures. |
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Oct 4, 2012 |
293 |
| A.M. Best Assigns Rating to WellPoint, Inc.'s New Senior Convertible Debentures. |
|
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Oct 3, 2012 |
450 |
| Fitch Affirms Novant Health, Inc. System's (NC) Revs at 'AA-'; Outlook Stable. |
|
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Sep 26, 2012 |
1947 |
| A.M. Best Upgrades Ratings of EmblemHealth, Inc.'s Insurance Subsidiaries. |
|
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Aug 23, 2012 |
639 |
| A.M. Best Revises Outlook to Negative for QCA Health Plan, Inc. |
|
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Aug 22, 2012 |
401 |
| A.M. Best Places Ratings of Coventry Health Care, Inc. and Its Subsidiaries Under Review With Positive Implications. |
|
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Aug 21, 2012 |
542 |
| Fitch Places Coventry's Ratings on Rating Watch Positive. |
|
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Aug 20, 2012 |
579 |
| A.M. Best Places Ratings of WellPoint, Inc. and Its Subsidiaries Under Review With Negative Implications. |
|
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Jul 10, 2012 |
592 |
| A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Medco Containment Company and Medco Containment Insurance Company of New York. |
|
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Jul 9, 2012 |
441 |
| A.M. Best Revises Outlook to Stable for Universal American Corp. and Most of Its Subsidiaries. |
|
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Jul 5, 2012 |
910 |
| A.M. Best Withdraws Ratings of UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company of Ohio. |
|
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Jun 8, 2012 |
236 |
| A.M. Best Upgrades Ratings for ODS Health Plan, Inc. |
|
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Jun 4, 2012 |
767 |
| A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Health Net, Inc. and Its Subsidiaries. |
|
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May 31, 2012 |
682 |
| A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Coventry Health Care, Inc. and Upgrades Ratings of Selected Subsidiaries. |
|
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May 17, 2012 |
996 |
| Fitch Releases Sixth 'Navigating the Drug Channel' Report Focusing on Retail Drugstores. |
|
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May 11, 2012 |
697 |
| Fitch Affirms Rite Aid's IDR at 'B-'; Rates New Notes 'CCC/RR5'; Outlook to Stable. |
|
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May 3, 2012 |
1676 |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey's Medicare HMO and Commercial POS (Direct Access) Plans Receive "Excellent" Rating By NCQA. |
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Apr 19, 2012 |
494 |
| Gateway Health Plan[R] Receives High Marks in NCQA's Health Insurance Plan Ratings for Medicaid Product. |
|
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Apr 12, 2012 |
417 |
| Fitch W/Ds CA Statewide Communities Devel Auth's (CA) (Kaiser Permanente) Revs Series 2012C-E Rtg. |
|
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Apr 5, 2012 |
223 |
| Fitch Rates Express Scripts Holdings' IDRs 'BBB'; Removes Negative Watch & Assigns Negative Outlook. |
|
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Apr 3, 2012 |
1344 |
| Fitch Releases Report on Kaiser Permanente - Consolidated, CA. |
|
Report |
Mar 22, 2012 |
178 |
| Fitch Rates $2B Kaiser Permanente 2012 Revs 'A+/F1'; Outlook Stable. |
|
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Mar 21, 2012 |
2367 |
| A.M. Best Assigns Ratings to UnitedHealth Group Incorporated's New Senior Unsecured Notes. |
|
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Mar 8, 2012 |
448 |
| Fitch Rates Kaiser Permanente Revenue Bonds Series 2002E Short-Term Rating 'F1' with Remarketing. |
|
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Feb 29, 2012 |
263 |
| Kaiser Permanente Receives 8 Stars for Excellence in Quality Report Card -- Continues Historic Four-Year Record as California's Health Care Leader. |
|
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Feb 22, 2012 |
949 |
| Kaiser Permanente Maintains Exclusive 4-Star Rating on California's Annual Clinical-Quality Report Card. |
|
Report |
Feb 22, 2012 |
1024 |
| A.M. Best Withdraws Ratings of Anthem Holding Corp. |
|
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Jan 18, 2012 |
275 |
| Fitch Rates Express Scripts' Proposed Notes 'BBB'; Maintains Ratings on Negative Watch. |
|
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Nov 14, 2011 |
1169 |
| Fitch Maintains Express Scripts"BBB' Ratings on Negative Watch. |
|
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Nov 8, 2011 |
1121 |
| A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Hannover Life Re America; Maintains Positive Outlook. |
|
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Nov 4, 2011 |
516 |
| A.M. Best Comments on CIGNA Corporation's Proposed Acquisition of HealthSpring Inc. |
|
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Oct 26, 2011 |
399 |
| Kaiser Permanente Colorado Earns Top Medicare 5-Star Rating for Quality and Service. |
|
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Oct 13, 2011 |
907 |
| Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plans Receive Highest Star Ratings for Quality and Service from Medicare. |
|
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Oct 12, 2011 |
965 |
| IntriCon to Become Supplier of Hearing Aids to hi HealthInnovationsTM, A UnitedHealth Group Business. |
|
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Oct 3, 2011 |
710 |
| A.M. Best Withdraws Ratings of PacifiCare Dental of Colorado, Inc. Due to Merger. |
|
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Sep 19, 2011 |
241 |
| A.M. Best Withdraws Ratings of UnitedHealthcare of Tennessee, Inc. Due to Merger. |
|
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Sep 7, 2011 |
305 |
| Fitch Places Valley Baptist Health System (TX) Bonds on Rating Watch Evolving. |
|
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Aug 3, 2011 |
529 |
| A.M. Best Withdraws Ratings of Mercy Health Plans, Inc. and Mercy Health Plans of Missouri, Inc. Due to Mergers. |
|
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Aug 3, 2011 |
235 |
| Fitch Places Express Scripts' IDR on Rating Watch Negative. |
|
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Jul 25, 2011 |
817 |
| Fitch Places Medco Health's IDR on Rating Watch Negative. |
|
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Jul 25, 2011 |
916 |
| Fitch Affirms Coventry's IDR at 'BBB'; Outlook Stable. |
|
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Jul 19, 2011 |
921 |
| A.M. Best Revises Outlook to Stable for Ratings of EmblemHealth, Inc.'s Insurance Subsidiaries. |
|
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Jun 29, 2011 |
536 |
| A.M. Best Removes Ratings of Universal American Corp. and Its Subsidiaries From Under Review. |
|
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Jun 17, 2011 |
788 |
| A.M. Best Withdraws Ratings of Pennsylvania Life Insurance Company. |
|
|
Jun 17, 2011 |
307 |
| A.M. Best Revises Outlook to Stable for Ratings of Oregon Dental Services and ODS Health Plan. |
|
|
Jun 16, 2011 |
711 |
| Fitch Affirms AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center (NJ) Revs at 'A+'; Outlook Stable. |
|
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Jun 15, 2011 |
1402 |
| A.M. Best Assigns Ratings to Coventry Health Care Inc.'s New Senior Unsecured Notes. |
|
|
Jun 10, 2011 |
354 |
| Fitch Rates Coventry Health Care's Proposed Issuance of $600MM of Sr Unsecured Notes 'BBB-'. |
|
|
Jun 2, 2011 |
693 |
| A.M. Best Withdraws Ratings of AmeriChoice of Pennsylvania, Inc. and Unison Family Health Plan of Pennsylvania, Inc. Due to Merger. |
|
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May 18, 2011 |
242 |
| Fitch Rates Kaiser Permanente 2011 Revs 'A+/F1'; Outlook Stable. |
|
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Apr 14, 2011 |
2117 |
| A.M. Best Assigns Ratings to UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s New Senior Unsecured Notes. |
|
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Feb 17, 2011 |
445 |
| A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated and Its Major Insurance Affiliates. |
|
|
Dec 22, 2010 |
859 |
| HealthPartners among top five performing health plans nationally in National Business Coalition on Health's eValue8 ratings. |
|
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Nov 22, 2010 |
692 |
| A.M. Best Comments on Humana Inc.'s Proposed Acquisition of Concentra Inc. |
|
|
Nov 22, 2010 |
343 |
| A.M. Best Removes From Under Review the Ratings of Mercy Health Plans of Missouri, Inc. and Mercy Health Plans. |
|
|
Nov 10, 2010 |
468 |
| Fitch Takes Various Rating Actions on Humana Subsidiaries. |
|
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Nov 5, 2010 |
1085 |
| A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Hannover Life Re America; Revises Outlook to Positive. |
|
|
Nov 2, 2010 |
461 |
| Fitch Rates UnitedHealth Group's Proposed Issuance of $750MM of Sr Unsecured Notes 'A-'. |
|
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Oct 20, 2010 |
841 |
| Fitch Releases Report on Novant Health, Inc., NC's 2010 Health Care Facilities Revs. |
|
|
Oct 13, 2010 |
197 |
| Fitch: UnitedHealth Group's Ratings Unchanged Following Executive Health Resources Transaction. |
|
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Aug 5, 2010 |
499 |
| A.M. Best Places Ratings of Mercy Health Plans of Missouri, Inc. and Mercy Health Plans Under Review with Developing Implications. |
|
|
Jul 6, 2010 |
313 |
| Fitch: No Impact on Coventry's Rtgs following Litigation Charge. |
|
|
Jul 2, 2010 |
689 |
| A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York and Its Subsidiaries. |
|
|
Jun 9, 2010 |
561 |
| A.M. Best Downgrades Issuer Credit Rating of Oregon Dental Service. |
|
|
May 28, 2010 |
661 |
| A.M. Best Withdraws Ratings of Health New England, Inc. |
|
|
May 27, 2010 |
247 |
| Fitch Affirms Coventry's IDR at 'BBB'; Outlook Remains Negative. |
|
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May 27, 2010 |
676 |
| A.M. Best to Host Webinar on Life, Health and HMO Rating Process for Non-Rated Companies. |
|
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Apr 5, 2010 |
192 |
| A.M. Best to Host Webinar on Life, Health and HMO Rating Process for Non-Rated Companies. |
|
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Mar 22, 2010 |
192 |
| Fitch Rates Kaiser Permanente's Ser 2004E Bonds 'F1'; Affirms Outstanding Debt at 'A+' & 'A+/F1'. |
|
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Mar 22, 2010 |
1391 |
| A.M. Best Withdraws Ratings of University Health Plans, Inc. Following Sale of Assets. |
|
|
Mar 16, 2010 |
177 |
| A.M. Best Revises Outlook to Stable for Ratings of QCA Health Plan, Inc. |
|
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Feb 19, 2010 |
422 |
| Fitch Upgrades 3 Subs of UnitedHealth Following Their Acquisition from Health Net, Inc. |
|
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Feb 12, 2010 |
393 |
| A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Coventry Health Care, Inc. and Its Subsidiaries. |
|
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Feb 12, 2010 |
382 |
| Kaiser Permanente Southern California Leads the Way in California Health Plan Report Card. |
|
Report |
Feb 9, 2010 |
547 |
| A.M. Best Upgrades Ratings of Four Former Subsidiaries of Health Net of the Northeast Inc. |
|
|
Jan 14, 2010 |
249 |
| Fitch Affirms UnitedHealth's Ratings; Outlook Remains Negative. |
|
|
Dec 16, 2009 |
956 |
| Fitch Rates Novant Health, North Carolina's 2009B Taxable Fixed-Rate Revs 'AA-'; Affirms Outstanding. |
|
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Nov 3, 2009 |
615 |
| A.M. Best Places Ratings of Subsidiaries of Health Net of the Northeast, Inc. Under Review With Positive Implications. |
|
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Oct 29, 2009 |
313 |
| A.M. Best Withdraws Ratings of Humana Benefit Plan of Illinois, Inc. (HMO) Following Statutory Filing Change. |
|
|
Sep 25, 2009 |
235 |
| Fitch Rates Novant Health's 2009 Taxable Fixed Rate Revs 'AA-'; Affirms Outstanding at 'AA-'. |
|
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Aug 28, 2009 |
593 |
| Fitch: Health Net's Ratings Unchanged Upon Pending Sale of Northeastern Business. |
|
|
Jul 22, 2009 |
467 |
| A.M. Best Revises Rating Outlook to Negative for Health Net, Inc. and Its Subsidiaries. |
|
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Jul 21, 2009 |
499 |
| Fitch: Humana's Ratings Unchanged Following TRICARE Announcement. |
|
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Jul 15, 2009 |
293 |
| A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of UnitedHealth Group Inc and Its Major Insurance Affiliates. |
|
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Jun 15, 2009 |
736 |
| A.M. Best Downgrades Ratings of EmblemHealth Inc.'s Insurance Subsidiaries. |
|
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May 29, 2009 |
772 |
| A.M. Best Withdraws Ratings of PacifiCare Dental Following Affiliate Merger. |
|
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May 22, 2009 |
159 |
| Fitch Rates Kaiser Permanente's $1.6B Bonds 'A+/F1'; Affirms Outstanding Debt at 'A+' & 'A+/F1'. |
|
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May 13, 2009 |
1192 |
| Fitch Comments on WellPoint's Agreement to Sell PBM Subs. |
|
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Apr 13, 2009 |
487 |
| Fitch Affirms Coventry's IDR at 'BBB'; Outlook Stable. |
|
|
Mar 25, 2009 |
528 |
| A.M. Best Assigns Ratings to Centene Corporation and Its Insurance Subsidiaries. |
|
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Feb 10, 2009 |
541 |
| Fitch Affirms AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center's (New Jersey) Revs at 'A+'; Outlook Stable. |
|
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Jan 20, 2009 |
732 |
| A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Bupa Insurance Company; Downgrades Ratings of Amedex Insurance Company (Bermuda) Ltd. |
|
|
Dec 10, 2008 |
348 |
| A.M. Best Completes Review of Health Insurer Public Data Ratings. |
|
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Nov 25, 2008 |
584 |
| A.M. Best Takes Various Rating Actions on WellCare Health Plans, Inc.'s HMO Subsidiaries. |
|
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Nov 24, 2008 |
369 |
| Kaiser Permanente Leads the Way in California Health Plan Report Card. |
|
Report |
Nov 20, 2008 |
450 |
| A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Coventry Health Care, Inc. and Its Subsidiaries; Revises Outlook to Negative. |
|
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Nov 19, 2008 |
410 |
| A.M. Best Downgrades Ratings of Health Net, Inc. and Its Subsidiaries. |
|
|
Nov 14, 2008 |
681 |
| AmeriHealth NJ Earns State's Top Ratings for Customer Service, Quality-of-Care in New HMO Performance Report. |
|
Report |
Nov 13, 2008 |
546 |
| A.M. Best Takes Various Rating Actions on HealthSpring, Inc.'s HMO Subsidiaries. |
|
|
Oct 10, 2008 |
296 |
| A.M. Best Affirms, Upgrades, Downgrades, Assigns and Withdraws Public Data Ratings on HMOs. |
|
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Sep 8, 2008 |
407 |
| A.M. Best Affirms and Assigns Ratings to AMERIGROUP Corporation's HMO Subsidiaries. |
|
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Sep 4, 2008 |
315 |
| Fitch Takes Various Actions on 8 Health Insurers. |
|
|
Aug 22, 2008 |
297 |
| A.M. Best Upgrades and Affirms Ratings of Molina Healthcare, Inc.'s HMO Subsidiaries. |
|
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Aug 11, 2008 |
376 |
| A.M. Best Comments on Humana Inc.'s Proposed Acquisition of Cariten Healthcare. |
|
|
Aug 5, 2008 |
226 |
| A.M. Best Withdraws Rating of KMG America Corporation. |
|
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Jul 8, 2008 |
100 |
| Aetna, UnitedHealth plunge after downgrades. |
|
|
Jul 7, 2008 |
319 |
| A.M. Best Comments on UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s Earnings Guidance and Settlements. |
|
|
Jul 3, 2008 |
521 |
| Fitch Comments on UnitedHealth Group's Earnings Revision. |
|
|
Jul 3, 2008 |
535 |
| The COA360: a tool for assessing the cultural competency of healthcare organizations. |
LaVeist, Thomas A.; Richardson, William C.; Richardson, Nancy F.; Relosa, Rachel; Sawaya, Nadia |
Report |
Jul 1, 2008 |
4583 |
| Fitch Revises Four Q-IFS Ratings. |
|
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Jun 17, 2008 |
284 |
| A.M. Best Upgrades Ratings of Health New England, Inc. |
|
|
Jun 16, 2008 |
350 |
| A.M. Best Withdraws Ratings of AmeriChoice of New York, Inc. Following Affiliate Merger. |
|
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Jun 11, 2008 |
135 |
| A.M. Best Revises Rating Outlook to Stable for Humana Inc. and Its Flagship Insurance Subsidiaries. |
|
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Jun 5, 2008 |
443 |
| A.M. Best Assigns Ratings to Humana's $750 Million Senior Notes. |
|
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Jun 5, 2008 |
253 |
| A.M. Best Withdraws Ratings of HMO New Mexico Following Merger. |
|
|
Apr 9, 2008 |
145 |
| A.M. Best Upgrades Ratings of Former Sierra Health Services, Inc. Subsidiaries. |
|
|
Mar 5, 2008 |
376 |
| Fitch Upgrades Sierra Health Services IDR to 'A' Following Acquisition by UnitedHealth. |
|
|
Feb 26, 2008 |
248 |
| A.M. Best Comments on Humana's Acquisition of UnitedHealth Group's Las Vegas Medicare Business. |
|
|
Feb 26, 2008 |
229 |
| A.M. Best Assigns Rating to the Senior Unsecured Notes Issued by UnitedHealth Group, Incorporated. |
|
|
Feb 6, 2008 |
359 |
| Fitch Rates UnitedHealth Group's $3B Senior Notes 'A-'. |
|
|
Feb 5, 2008 |
330 |
| A.M. Best Downgrades Issuer Credit and Debt Ratings of UnitedHealth Group Inc and Its Subsidiaries. |
|
|
Jan 29, 2008 |
550 |
| Fitch Affirms Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York IDR at 'BB+'. |
|
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Dec 19, 2007 |
481 |
| Fitch: Sierra Health Services Remains on Rating Watch Positive. |
|
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Dec 5, 2007 |
295 |
| A.M. Best Special Report: HMO Impairments Remained Low In 2005 and 2006. |
|
|
Dec 3, 2007 |
451 |
| A.M. Best Assigns Debt Ratings to UnitedHealth Group Inc. |
|
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Nov 21, 2007 |
473 |
| Fitch Assigns 'A' Rating to UnitedHealth Group's Senior Notes. |
|
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Nov 13, 2007 |
398 |
| Fitch: UnitedHealth's Ratings Unaffected by Updated Financial Leverage Targets. |
|
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Nov 1, 2007 |
572 |
| A.M. Best Upgrades Ratings of Coventry Health Care, Inc. and Its Selected Subsidiaries. |
|
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Oct 30, 2007 |
543 |
| A.M. Best Completes Review of Non-Interactive Health Insurer Ratings; Reports More Upgrades Than Downgrades. |
|
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Oct 22, 2007 |
525 |
| Kaiser Permanente Receives Three Excellent Ratings for Clinical Care in New OPA Report. |
|
Report |
Oct 18, 2007 |
434 |
| A.M. Best Takes Various Rating Actions on AMERIGROUP Corporation's HMO Subsidiaries. |
|
|
Oct 8, 2007 |
337 |
| A.M. Best Comments on Humana's Proposed Acquisition of KMG America Corporation. |
|
|
Sep 11, 2007 |
399 |
| A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Kanawha Insurance Company and KMG America Corporation. |
|
|
Sep 11, 2007 |
306 |
| A.M. Best Assigns Rating to Coventry Health Care, Inc. Senior Unsecured Notes. |
|
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Aug 24, 2007 |
402 |
| A.M. Best Takes Various Rating Actions on HealthSpring, Inc.'s HMO Subsidiaries. |
|
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Aug 22, 2007 |
288 |
| Fitch Assigns 'BBB-' to Coventry's Sr Unsec Notes; Outlook Stable. |
|
|
Aug 22, 2007 |
336 |
| Wilson Health Information Reports TRICARE #1 in Health Insurance Satisfaction for Fifth Straight Year; Kaiser Permanente Regains Top HMO Rating. |
|
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Aug 15, 2007 |
391 |
| Fitch Affirms Coventry's IDR at 'BBB'; Outlook Stable. |
|
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Aug 9, 2007 |
440 |
| A.M. Best Takes Various Rating Actions on Molina Healthcare, Inc.'s HMO Subsidiaries. |
|
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Aug 9, 2007 |
350 |
| A.M. Best Takes Various Rating Actions on WellCare Health Plans, Inc.'s HMO Subsidiaries. |
|
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Jul 31, 2007 |
364 |
| A.M. Best Takes Various Rating Actions on Coventry Health Care, Inc. |
|
|
Jul 11, 2007 |
529 |
| A.M. Best Takes Various Rating Actions on Centene Corporation's HMO Subsidiaries. |
|
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Jul 9, 2007 |
294 |
| A.M. Best Takes Various Rating Actions on HMOs. |
|
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Jun 29, 2007 |
211 |
| A.M. Best Comments on Humana's Proposed Acquisition of CompBenefits. |
|
|
Jun 19, 2007 |
322 |
| A.M. Best Assigns Rating to the Senior Unsecured Notes Issued by UnitedHealth Group, Incorporated. |
|
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Jun 18, 2007 |
203 |
| Fitch Rates UnitedHealth Group's $1.5B Sr. Notes 'A'; Outlook Stable. |
|
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Jun 18, 2007 |
283 |
| A.M. Best Withdraws Ratings of UnitedHealthcare of New Jersey, Inc. Following Affiliate Merger. |
|
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May 14, 2007 |
129 |
| A.M. Best Affirms and Assigns Ratings to Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York and ConnectiCare. |
|
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May 10, 2007 |
358 |
| A.M. Best Assigns Ratings to Group Health Incorporated and GHI HMO Select Inc. |
|
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May 10, 2007 |
317 |
| A.M. Best Affirms and Upgrades Ratings of Health Net, Inc. |
|
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May 4, 2007 |
541 |
| A.M. Best Places Rating of Exclusive Healthcare, Inc. Under Review. |
|
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Apr 27, 2007 |
245 |
| Fitch Rates AtlantiCare Series 2007 Bonds 'A+'; Upgrades Outstanding Debt. |
|
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Apr 25, 2007 |
812 |
| A.M. Best Withdraws Ratings of Optimum Choice of the Carolinas, Inc. Following Affiliate Merger. |
|
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Apr 24, 2007 |
131 |
| TheStreet.com Adds Bank, Thrift, Insurer and HMO Financial Ratings to Free Proprietary Screening Tool. |
|
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Apr 11, 2007 |
370 |
| Hospital competition, managed care, and mortality after hospitalization for medical conditions in California. |
Rogowski, Jeannette; Jain, Arvind K.; Escarce, Jose J. |
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Apr 1, 2007 |
9471 |
| A.M. Best Assigns Rating to Coventry Health Care, Inc.'s Senior Unsecured Notes. |
|
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Mar 19, 2007 |
381 |
| Fitch Upgrades Coventry Health Care's IDR to 'BBB'; Rates New Sr Notes 'BBB-'. |
|
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Mar 19, 2007 |
436 |
| Fitch Places Sierra Health Services on Rating Watch Positive. |
|
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Mar 13, 2007 |
245 |
| A.M. Best Places Ratings of Sierra Health Services and Its Subsidiaries Under Review; Ratings of UnitedHealth Group Unchanged. |
|
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Mar 13, 2007 |
378 |
| A.M. Best Comments on UnitedHealth Group Incorporated. |
|
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Mar 8, 2007 |
299 |
| A.M. Best Assigns Rating to Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc. and Its Affiliates. |
|
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Feb 13, 2007 |
371 |
| A comparative performance scorecard for federally funded community health centers in North Carolina. |
Radford, Andrea; Sheps, Cecil G.; Pink, George; Ricketts, Thomas |
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Jan 1, 2007 |
5483 |
| Evaluating a managed care organization. |
Newman, Joyce |
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Dec 1, 2006 |
667 |
| Caught in the act? Prevalence, predictors, and consequences of physician detection of unannounced standardized patients. |
Franz, Carol E.; Epstein, Ron; Miller, Katherine N.; Brown, Arthur; Song, Jun; Feldman, Mitchell; Fr |
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Dec 1, 2006 |
4144 |
| A.M. Best Downgrades Rating of Health Care Indemnity, Inc. |
|
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Nov 17, 2006 |
329 |
| A.M. Best Takes Various Rating Actions on UnitedHealth Group Incorporated. |
|
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Nov 16, 2006 |
579 |
| A.M. Best Places Rating of Health Insurance Plans of Greater New York Under Review With Negative Implications. |
|
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Nov 16, 2006 |
283 |
| A.M. Best Takes Various Rating Actions on WellPoint, Inc. |
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Nov 6, 2006 |
697 |
| Best's rating changes. |
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Nov 1, 2006 |
1249 |
| Fitch: HealthMarkets Rtgs Unaffected After Student Resources Unit Divestiture. |
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Oct 23, 2006 |
327 |
| A.M. Best Completes Review of Health Insurer Public Data Ratings; Reports More Upgrades Than Downgrades. |
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Oct 2, 2006 |
587 |
| Best's rating changes. |
|
Statistical data |
Oct 1, 2006 |
1172 |
| Fitch Rates Group Health Cooperative (WA) $100MM Series 2006 Bonds 'A-'. |
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Sep 29, 2006 |
890 |
| A.M. Best Takes Various Rating Actions on Affiliates of The Regence Group. |
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Aug 28, 2006 |
516 |
| A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of UnitedHealth Group and Its Subsidiaries; Revises All Outlooks to Negative. |
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Aug 17, 2006 |
399 |
| Humana, Medicare are top performance payers. |
Ault, Alicia |
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Aug 15, 2006 |
694 |
| A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Health Care Service Corporation. |
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Aug 10, 2006 |
518 |
| A.M. Best Places Rating of Health Care Indemnity, Inc. Under Review. |
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Jul 28, 2006 |
287 |
| A.M. Best's E-Fusion Podcast Explores Availity, an Internet Exchange for Health Providers. |
|
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Jul 26, 2006 |
311 |
| A.M. Best Assigns Rating to Humana's $500 Million Senior Notes. |
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May 24, 2006 |
390 |
| Sierra Health Services Announces Ratings Upgrades. |
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May 10, 2006 |
382 |
| Fitch Upgrades Sierra Health Services and Its Insurance Subsidiaries; Outlook Stable. |
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May 9, 2006 |
675 |
| A.M. Best to Demonstrate Best's Health Center at National Managed Health Care Congress. |
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Apr 18, 2006 |
329 |
| HMOs Earn $7 Billion in First Half of 2005, According to Weiss Ratings. |
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Jan 30, 2006 |
523 |
| Property and Casualty Insurance Failures Drop 44% in 2005, According to Weiss Ratings; No Bank Closures and Fewer Life and Health Insurer Insolvencies Reported; HMO Failures Remain Level. |
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Jan 17, 2006 |
641 |
| A.M. Best Assigns Ratings to the Former Subsidiaries of WellChoice, Inc.; Takes Various Rating Actions on WellPoint Inc. |
|
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Dec 29, 2005 |
631 |
| A.M. Best Takes Various Rating Actions on the Former Subsidiaries of PacifiCare Health Systems, Inc. |
|
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Dec 23, 2005 |
399 |
| Fitch Upgrades PacifiCare Following Acquisition by UnitedHealth Group. |
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Dec 22, 2005 |
272 |
| A.M. Best Upgrades Issuer Credit and Debt Ratings of Sierra Health Services; Affirms Financial Strength. |
|
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Dec 19, 2005 |
629 |
| A.M. Best Places Rating of John Deere Health Plan Under Review with Positive Implications. |
|
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Dec 6, 2005 |
416 |
| A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of UnitedHealth Group and Its Subsidiaries; Assigns Stable Outlook. |
|
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Dec 5, 2005 |
367 |
| Fitch Assigns 'BBB' Rating to Express Scripts' Unsecured Bank Loan Facility. |
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Oct 14, 2005 |
380 |
| Control over claims: California healthcare organization uses IT to cut its claims preprocessing and turnaround times from 40 days to five business days and simultaneously achieves system ROI in nine months. |
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Jan 1, 2005 |
1083 |
| Report card shows N.J. HMOs still deficient. |
Lehmann, R.J. |
Brief Article |
Nov 1, 2003 |
197 |
| High Court ruling on ERISA is another blow to HMOs. |
Jurand, Sara Hoffman |
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Jun 1, 2003 |
708 |
| Discover the key to HMO bad-faith cases: effective discovery will unlock the potential of your client's bad-faith claim against a managed-care health insurer. |
Echeverria, Ricardo |
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Jun 1, 2003 |
1366 |
| Understanding biased selection in Medicare HMOs. |
Mello, Michelle M.; Stearns, Sally C.; Norton, Edward C.; Ricketts, Thomas C., III |
Brief Article |
Jun 1, 2003 |
10781 |
| Medicare health maintenance organization benefits packages and plan performance measures. |
Cox, Don; Lanyi, Bettina; Strabic, Allison |
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Sep 22, 2002 |
6463 |
| The determinants of HMOs' contracting with hospitals for bypass surgery. |
Gaskin, Darrell J.; Escarce, Jose J.; Schulman, Kevin; Hadley, Jack |
Statistical Data Included |
Aug 1, 2002 |
8529 |
| Physician scorecard. (Policy & Practice). |
Silverman, Jennifer |
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Feb 15, 2002 |
180 |
| Best's Rating Changes. |
|
Illustration |
Nov 1, 2001 |
2717 |
| Preferred Plans. (Policy & Practice). |
Silverman, Jennifer |
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Nov 1, 2001 |
83 |
| Best's Rating Changes. |
|
Brief Article |
Jul 1, 2001 |
1573 |
| Use of Preventive Care Services, Beneficiary Characteristics, and Medicare HMO Performance. |
Greene, Jessica; Blustein, Jan; Laflamme, Kelly A. |
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Jun 22, 2001 |
6361 |
| Best's Rating Changes. |
|
Illustration |
Jun 1, 2001 |
1558 |
| NCQA Posts Health Plan Report Card Online. |
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Brief Article |
Apr 1, 2000 |
213 |
| SHAKY GROUND: Questioning Health plan and Provider Solvency. |
Hagen, Gary |
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Nov 1, 1999 |
1586 |
| Checklist Series Helps Health Care Consumers Make Informed Choices. |
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Jun 22, 1999 |
195 |
| Quality of primary care practice in a large HMO according to physician specialty. |
Grumbach, Kevin; Selby, Joe V.; Schmittdiel, Julie A.; Quesenberry, Charles P., Jr. |
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Jun 1, 1999 |
5705 |
| Differences in resource use and costs of primary care in a large HMO according to physician specialty. |
Selby, Joe V.; Grumbach, Kevin; Quesenberry, Charles P., Jr.; Schmittdiel, Julie A.; Truman, Alison |
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Jun 1, 1999 |
5001 |
| Prostate cancer treatment and ten-year survival among group/staff HMO and fee-for-service Medicare patients. |
Potosky, Arnold L.; Merrill, Ray M.; Riley, Gerald F.; Taplin, Stephen H.; Barlow, William (English |
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Jun 1, 1999 |
6953 |
| Report Cards Highlight Kaiser Permanente's Strong Clinical Performance. |
|
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Sep 15, 1998 |
629 |
| HMO's report card has some bad marks. |
Brienza, Julie |
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Sep 1, 1998 |
581 |
| "Profiling" Managed Care. |
Grazier, Kyle L. |
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May 1, 1998 |
1360 |
| Blue Care Network HMO Named as One of the Top 10 Plans in U.S. for Retaining Seniors |
|
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Dec 5, 1997 |
397 |
| BlueCross and BlueShield's HMO Georgia Rated Top HMO in Atlanta Market, According to Consumer Study by National Research Corporation |
|
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Nov 18, 1997 |
398 |
| Columbia/HCA Senior Debt & Commercial Paper Downgraded to 'BBB+/F-2' By Fitch - Fitch Financial Wire - |
|
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Nov 7, 1997 |
695 |
| A.M. Best Upgrades Humana Health Plan of Ohio to "A-" -Excellent- From "B++" -Very Good-. |
|
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Oct 20, 1997 |
156 |
| U.S. News & World Report Ranks Rush Prudential Highest Among Chicago HMOs |
|
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Oct 20, 1997 |
358 |
| HIP-NY Ranked No. 1 in Managed Medicare Survey |
|
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Oct 15, 1997 |
296 |
| HIP Health Plan of Florida Among State's Top-Rated HMOs In U.S. News World Report October 13 Issue |
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Oct 14, 1997 |
386 |
| Group Health Ranks Among Nation's Top HMOs |
|
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Oct 7, 1997 |
335 |
| Virginia Mason HMO Named Best in State; Ranks Sixth in Nation by U.S. News & World Report |
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Oct 7, 1997 |
382 |
| A. M. Best Publishes Ratings on 77 HMOs. |
|
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Sep 18, 1997 |
360 |
| M-CARE Earns Top Fiscal Rating |
|
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Sep 8, 1997 |
286 |
| A.M. Best Downgrades Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Missouri to "B+" -Very Good- From "A-". |
|
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Sep 4, 1997 |
320 |
| FLORIDA FOUNDATION HEALTH PLANS EACH RECEIVE ONE-YEAR NCQA ACCREDITATION. |
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May 19, 1997 |
397 |
| How to determine the need for MDs by specialty. |
Weil, Thomas P. |
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May 1, 1997 |
5765 |
| The impact of increasing patient prescription drug cost sharing on therapeutic classes of drugs received and on the health status of elderly HMO members. |
Johnson, Richard E.; Goodman, Michael J.; Hornbrook, Mark C.; Eldredge, Michael B. |
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Apr 1, 1997 |
6199 |
| A.M. Best assigns initial ratings to NYLCare HMOs. |
|
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Mar 19, 1997 |
380 |
| A.M. Best Places Ratings of CIGNA, Healthsource Units Under Review After Acquisition Plan is Announced. |
|
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Feb 28, 1997 |
243 |
| Health Advantage is state's largest, cheapest HMO. |
Little, James |
|
Jan 20, 1997 |
466 |
| New York Lt. Governor attacks HMOs. |
Hawkins, James A. |
Brief Article |
Jan 1, 1997 |
126 |
| Blue Cross of California receives top audit marks from DHS; company awarded highest ratings in all 10 categories. |
|
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Dec 20, 1996 |
396 |
| Exclusive provider organizations split the difference. |
Ueeck, Ed |
|
Dec 1, 1996 |
961 |
| Washington may be listening to doctors' gripe with MCOs. |
Albertson, David |
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Nov 1, 1996 |
612 |
| A.M. BEST COMPANY AFFIRMS RATINGS OF HUMANA HMOs |
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Jul 8, 1996 |
614 |
| NEWSWEEK RANKS KAISER AMONG 'AMERICA'S BEST HMOS' |
|
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Jun 19, 1996 |
319 |
| HARVARD COMMUNITY HEALTH PLAN AND PILGRIM HEALTH CARE RANKED AMONG NATION'S TOP HMOS BY NEWSWEEK SURVEY |
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Jun 18, 1996 |
227 |
| GROUP HEALTH COOPERATIVE RANKED AS ONE OF NATION'S BEST HMOS |
|
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Jun 18, 1996 |
335 |
| HEART ATTACK PATIENTS MORE LIKELY TO SURVIVE AT KAISER THAN ANY OTHER SAN DIEGO HOSPITAL |
|
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May 21, 1996 |
257 |
| PURCHASING COALITIONS JOIN STUDY OF EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION WITH HMOs |
|
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Feb 20, 1996 |
496 |
| What to know about choosing an HMO: faced with a multitude of options, deciding on a plan is more than just dollars -it's sense. |
Whigham-Desir, Marjorie |
|
Feb 1, 1996 |
3877 |
| The effect of an Rx-to-OTC switch on medication prescribing patterns and utilization of physician services: the case of vaginal antifungal products. |
Gurwitz, Jerry H.; McLaughlin, Thomas J.; Fish, Leslie S. |
|
Dec 1, 1995 |
4024 |
| KAISER PERMANENTE'S MEDICARE MEMBERS RANK IT 'BEST OVERALL' |
|
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Nov 29, 1995 |
1176 |
| HEALTHSOURCE NAMED ONE OF AMERICA'S HEALTHIEST PLACES TO WORK |
|
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Nov 29, 1995 |
429 |
| AETNA RATED #1 HMO IN NORTHEAST OHIO |
|
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Oct 24, 1995 |
278 |
| Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina makes announcement. |
|
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Oct 24, 1995 |
190 |
| Issues in rural health: access, hospitals, and reform. |
Weisgrau, Sheldon |
|
Sep 22, 1995 |
7274 |
| A.M. BEST ASSIGNS INITIAL RATINGS TO HEALTHSOURCE INC. UNITS |
|
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Sep 6, 1995 |
417 |
| A.M. BEST ASSIGNS INITIAL RATINGS TO 15 UNITED HEALTHCARE CORP. SUBSIDIARIES |
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Jun 28, 1995 |
597 |
| CalPERS releases inaugural health plan quality/performance report. |
|
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Apr 10, 1995 |
495 |
| Aetna Health Plans HMO receives high marks. |
|
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Feb 23, 1995 |
426 |
| PACIFICARE OF CALIFORNIA AND FOUR AFFILIATES ASSIGNED INITIAL BEST'S RATINGS |
|
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Feb 9, 1995 |
467 |
| A. M. BEST INTRODUCES ITS FIRST RATINGS ON HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS |
|
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Feb 9, 1995 |
554 |
| PCA FAMILY MEDICAL HEALTH PLANS, INC. AND FIVE AFFILIATES ASSIGNED INITIAL BEST'S RATINGS |
|
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Feb 9, 1995 |
501 |
| PruCare of Northern Ohio among fastest growing HMOs in U.S. |
|
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Jan 5, 1995 |
214 |
| Taking the measure of health-care providers. |
Thornburg, Linda |
|
Nov 1, 1994 |
2322 |
| Report outlines current trends in health maintenance organization industry. |
|
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Mar 22, 1994 |
577 |
| HAP RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS QUALITY RECOGNITION |
|
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Jan 26, 1994 |
377 |
| HMOs and people with MS. |
Sternfeld, Leon |
|
Jan 1, 1994 |
610 |
| Social/health maintenance organization and fee-for-service health outcomes over time. |
Manton, Kenneth G.; Newcomer, Robert; Lowrimore, Gene R.; Vertrees, James C.; Harrington, Charlene |
|
Dec 22, 1993 |
11648 |
| COMMUNITY MUTUAL ASSIGNED 'A' RATING BY A.M. BEST; COMPANY IS THE ONLY BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD PLAN IN THE STATE TO ACHIEVE THE RATING |
|
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Nov 9, 1993 |
559 |
| Do health maintenance organizations work for Medicare? |
Brown, Randall S.; Clement, Dolores Gurnick; Hill, Jerrold W.; Retchin, Sheldon M.; Bergeron, Jeanne |
|
Sep 22, 1993 |
7526 |
| State Medicaid health maintenance organization policies and special-needs children. |
Fox, Harriette B.; Wicks, Lori B.; Newacheck, Paul W. |
|
Sep 22, 1993 |
4487 |
| Easing pressure with Medicare-risk HMOs. |
Barr, David W. |
|
Jul 1, 1993 |
1990 |
| KAISER PERMANENTE TOPS LIST OF NATION'S 10 BEST HMOs |
|
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Jun 25, 1993 |
225 |
| Helping kids, helping families. |
King, Martha |
|
Feb 1, 1993 |
4015 |
| Attack of the PPO. |
Haman, John |
|
Nov 23, 1992 |
1740 |
| RAMSAY-HMO SELECTED BY FORTUNE MAGAZINE AS ONE OF AMERICA'S FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES |
|
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Sep 22, 1992 |
218 |
| HEALTHPLUS ONE OF 25 FASTEST-GROWING HMOs |
|
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Jul 6, 1992 |
161 |
| Physician perspectives on the structure and function of group practice HMOs. |
Gifford, Gregory |
|
May 1, 1992 |
3708 |
| Paradigms for success in purchasing health care. |
Stack, Ruth H. |
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Jan 1, 1990 |
407 |
