Anthem
UPDATE: WellPoint to boost primary-care pay
January 27, 2012
Associated PressHealth insurer WellPoint Inc. plans to improve primary care reimbursement and start paying for care management it doesn't
currently cover, changes that could give patients more quality time with their doctors.
MorePoll: Anthem so-so in customer satisfaction
January 23, 2012
J.K. WallAnthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield ranked No. 12 in a new national customer satisfaction survey, but the poor showing doesn’t
appear to threaten the Indianapolis-based company’s business success.<
MoreWellPoint prevails in shareholder suit over 2001 restructuring
December 28, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinA federal judge has dismissed a shareholder class-action lawsuit against WellPoint stemming from the company’s 2001
conversion from a mutual insurer to a publicly traded company.
MoreExpress Scripts, WellPoint in contract fight
December 13, 2011
Associated PressPharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts Inc. said Tuesday it is in the middle of a contract dispute with WellPoint Inc.,
one of the biggest health insurers in the United States.
MoreHealth insurers push comparison shopping
November 26, 2011
J.K. WallIndianapolis-based Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Minnesota-based UnitedHealthcare say they’re responding to
demands from employers, who are desperate to rein in spiraling health benefits costs and have begun embracing the idea that
to do so they must change their workers’ approach to health and health care.
MoreUnitedHealth to acquire Medicare insurer XLHealth
November 22, 2011
Bloomberg NewsUnitedHealth Group Inc. said it will acquire XLHealth Corp., a provider of managed care for chronically ill Medicare members.
Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc. had been considering a possible acquisition of the company.
MoreJudge stays decision in WellPoint policyholder case
September 23, 2011
J.K. WallFormer policyholders of WellPoint Inc., who won a right to a class-action trial over their claims that they were shortchanged
when the company went public a decade ago, will have to put their trial plans on hold.
MoreAnthem not quite so dominant
August 15, 2011
J.K. WallRevised Insurance Department data show the Indianapolis-based carrier claims about 60 percent of the individual health insurance
market in Indiana, down from a previously reported 65 percent.
MoreWellPoint to pay $100,000 over data breach
July 5, 2011
Associated PressHealth insurer WellPoint Inc. will pay $100,000 and take other steps after admitting it waited months to notify 32,000 Indiana
customers that their Social Security numbers, health records and other personal information might have been exposed online.
MoreAnthem: Global payments coming back
April 25, 2011
J.K. WallAnthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s vision for accountable care organizations foresees doctors and hospitals shifting
to global capitation payments and employers getting bigger discounts if they allow their workers access only to health care
providers in a specific organization.
MoreHealth insurers expect hit from reform rule
February 9, 2011
Associated PressMajor health insurers, including WellPoint, say a provision that requires them to spend a certain percentage of the premiums
they collect on care-related costs will eat into earnings this year.
MoreSwing in governors could help WellPoint deal with reform
December 1, 2010
Bloomberg NewsRick Scott of Florida will get another chance next month to derail the law President Obama signed in March when he and 21
other Republican governors-elect are sworn in just as states begin implementing details of the legislation the candidates
campaigned against.
MoreHealth reform tripping up Indiana wellness incentive
November 27, 2010
J.K. WallFederal health reform will trump an Indiana law that allows health insurers to offer steep discounts to employers with healthy
workers and which institute aggressive wellness programs, but experts say other provisions will motivate small firms.
MoreHealth insurance stocks rise after spending rules outlined
November 22, 2010
Bloomberg NewsU.S. health insurers, including WellPoint Inc., can include the cost of federal taxes in determining whether they spend enough
on patient care, the U.S. Health and Human Services Department said Tuesday.
MoreAnthem, critics face off over rate-hike request
November 17, 2010
Associated PressAnthem, a subsidiary of Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc., is seeking a 19.9-percent raise for 48,000 individual policy holders
in Connecticut, citing escalating health care costs.
MoreWellPoint dismisses highly paid subsidiary CEO
October 25, 2010
Associated PressLast year, Dijuana Lewis earned a $650,000 salary as one of the insurer's highest paid executives and received a $200,000
bonus in part for helping to lead the sale of the NextRx subsidiary to Express Scripts Inc. for about $4.68 billion.
MoreHealth reform forces providers, insurers to lay aside rivalries
October 2, 2010
Scott OlsonIn this new age of health care, ushered in by President Obama’s signing in March of a sweeping health care reform law,
health care players are encouraged to remove the gloves if they want to reap the benefits of reform.
MoreReform will boost health care costs, Indianapolis panel predicts
October 2, 2010
Rising costs aren't the only impact of reform, say panelists taking part in a Power Breakfast sponsored
by Indianapolis Business Journal.
Insurers ordered to appear at Frankfort hearing
September 29, 2010
Associated PressMajor health insurers, including Indianapolis-based Anthem, are being ordered to a hearing to explain why they are eliminating
child-only policies.
MoreHealth overhaul's $264M question weighs down WellPoint
September 22, 2010
Bloomberg NewsThe failure by state regulators to decide how much insurers must spend on patient care is scaring investors from health-plan
stocks and complicating insurance company decisions.
MoreHealth insurer cash shifts to favor Republicans before election
August 27, 2010
Bloomberg NewsHealth insurers led by WellPoint Inc. are backing Republicans with campaign donations by an 8-to-1 margin, favoring the party
that's promised to repeal President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul if it wins back Congress.
MoreHospitals map out ways to bypass insurers
July 17, 2010
J.K. WallClarian Health is launching its own health insurance plan, the boldest of several initiatives at Indianapolis hospitals to
bypass health insurers and provide health benefits directly to employers.
MoreObama gives states $250 million to review insurance premiums
June 7, 2010
WellPoint may face the most threat from more aggressive reviews. The Indianapolis insurer is the leader in small-business
and individual policies, areas that have seen the biggest increases in recent years.
MoreBuffett bails on WellPoint
May 18, 2010
J.K. WallInfluential investor sold off all 1.3 million shares in the Indianapolis-based health insurer during the first quarter.
MoreWellPoint meeting ends abruptly as Bush collapses
May 18, 2010
J.K. WallBoard member William "Bucky" Bush, uncle of former President George W. Bush, appeared OK after a shortened meeting in which
shareholders approved
a "say-on-pay" proposal. Protesters gathered outside WellPoint's headquarters after the meeting.
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Mike, I am confused by your message, what is it besides hiding behind a flag, a song, and a symbol. I am surpised you can find Indiana, you and your phony "Washington" outsider mentality. You are a legend in your own mind, come and see what it is like to work and live in this state. You are a lifelong politician, admit it and carry on.
Why not exclude all places that cater to the rich. Private clubs should not have rules: rules are for the serfs only. In fact, we should subsudize the private clubs, they should not pay property or sales taxes. You go rich and powerful, rules are not for you.
Poor little LadyJ! Typical Democommie. In case it got past you, the dems have totally screwed this country in the past 3+ years. We have a democommie in the White House who apparently never read the Constitution, while claiming to be a constitutional scholar. We had a democommie-controlled Congress (opposite of PROGRESS?)passing bills that "we'll have to pass before we know what's in it". This impostor president has violated the U. S. Constitution too many times to count. The Attorney General is a race-baiting gunrunner that refuses to stop illegal immigration. And, the head of NASA, a once-proud agency that put several men on the moon, is now our liason to the murderous Muslims. Great job, democommies! Sometimes I wish they really would try to take our guns.
Pat Bauer try t do right about the state but the Republican leader and all of them did not think of us. Only the money they will get from their rich corporation. Of Course the Democrats had union, so I won't vote for Bosma or whatever his name is.
Well you are talking about Republican, did all of the Damage in this state. Sure the Democrats did some but most is the Republican. The Republican set us back not going forward. Hurry passed bills won't listen to any amendment our way only. The Republicans drew up these district so they could win again. Which is a crying shame. I will not vote for any Republican and I got the list who voted for the RTW Bill and who didn't. Tired of the Republicans