This report presents the United Healthcare (UHC) experience, compared with two other health care plans, Blue Cross of Washington and Alaska and Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound. These plans were offered to Washington State employees during 1978-80, providing a natural setting for evaluating...
According to Passport Health[2] , which operates travel clinics across the United States, many health insurance plans do not cover vaccinations needed for travel because insurers consider them elective. However, some plans do cover travel vaccinations. For example, most of Aetna's[3] traditional p...
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workers receive benefits through such plans.Insurers UnitedHealth, Centene, Cigna and Elevance, which manage employer insurance plans, declined to comment for this story. Of its projected 8.5% increase in employer healthcare costs for next year, Aon anticipates 1 percentage po...
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The interdependence between health plans and PBMs has also prompted stronger business relationships between the players, evidenced by Aetna’s recent merger with CVS and Cigna’s acquisition of Express Scripts. Optum Rx is a subsidiary of United Health Group. Their financial strength and role in the...
citizens in their health plans designed to make them more aware of health care costs. A study released by the Commonwealth Fund and the Employee Benefit Research Institute in December 2005 looked at consumer-directed plans. These plans are designed to give more responsibility for costs to ...
United States Inequities across the US health system limit underserved people’s access to affordable, high-quality care, create avoidable costs and financial waste that span society, and impact every individual’s potential to achieve health and well-being. To understand how far-reaching this issue...
UnitedHealthcare CEO’s shooting opens a door for many to vent frustrations over insurance He noted that discounts Lilly offers from its list prices often don’t reach patients through insurers or pharmacy benefit managers. High-deductible coverage can lead to big bills at...
Year 1 patient satisfaction was assessed using 5 items from the Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Survey. We estimated the adjusted associations between year 1 patient satisfaction and year 2 health care utilization (any emergency department visits and any inpatient admissions), year 2 health care ...