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WellPoint competitor Aetna to buy Coventry for $5.6B
August 20, 2012
Bloomberg NewsAetna joins rivals WellPoint Inc. and Cigna Corp. in making big acquisitions as the U.S. government expands medical coverage.
MoreGovernors aside, feds building health care exchanges
August 7, 2012
Associated PressThe feds may be gaining on GOP governors who've balked at carrying out a key part of the health care overhaul law. Opponents
of the law say they won't set up new private health insurance exchanges. But increasingly it's looking like Washington
will do it for them.
MoreHealth insurers' anti-fraud bid seeks to ease profit-limit rule
July 27, 2012
Bloomberg NewsThe Obama administration Thursday announced a partnership with the industry in which WellPoint Inc., UnitedHealth Group Inc.
and other insurers may try to share more billing data with the government to root out fraud.
MoreSuburban hospitals charm patients
July 23, 2012
J.K. WallA little extra Medicare money will flow to suburban hospitals in the Indianapolis area, based on recent patient satisfaction
scores. But hospitals in the core of Indianapolis—and hospitals that do significant amounts of teaching medical students—may
take a hit.
MoreInsurance company key to Franciscan-American Health partnership
July 21, 2012
J.K. WallHospital system's health insurance unit has IT infrastructure that will allow physicians to participate in Medicare's shared
savings program.
MoreWellPoint shares jump after $4.9B deal for Amerigroup
July 9, 2012
J.K. WallInvestors and analysts like the fact that WellPoint is playing more aggressively in government-sponsored health plans, such
as Medicaid and Medicare, which are projected to be the key sectors for growth for the next several years.
MoreLocal providers join Medicare ACO program
July 9, 2012
J.K. WallIndiana University Health, as well as a partnership of Franciscan Alliance and American Health Network, have formed accountable
care organizations that won the blessing of the federal Medicare Shared Savings program.
MoreHigh court ruling could leave 290K Hoosiers uncovered
July 1, 2012
J.K. WallA decision by Indiana to leave its Medicaid program unchanged could leave as many as 290,000 Hoosier adults, who would have
been newly eligible for Medicaid coverage, with no good options.
MoreHigh court health care decision good for some, not others
June 29, 2012
Associated PressThe Supreme Court's decision Thursday to uphold President Barack Obama's historic overhaul is expected to boost many
players in the health care industry, but not every corner of the sector will benefit.
MoreHigh court ruling opens Medicaid escape hatch for states
June 28, 2012
J.K. WallWhile upholding President Obama’s health care law, the U.S. Supreme Court may have created a way out for states that
do not want to expand their Medicaid programs. Whether Indiana decides to opt out remains to be seen.
MoreU.S. health-care overhaul upheld by Supreme Court
June 28, 2012
Bloomberg NewsThe U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the core of President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul, preserving most of a law
that would expand insurance to millions of people and transform an industry that makes up 18 percent of the nation’s
economy.
MoreEmployers slow to act on health reform
June 11, 2012
J.K. WallEven though employers expect the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down at least some of the 2010 health reform law later this
month, few are actually doing any contingency planning.
MorePrice hikes offset slower health care use
May 29, 2012
J.K. WallNewly available data from private health insurance plans show that price hikes by hospitals, doctors and drug companies have kept employer spending rising recently even as their employees and dependents have moderated their consumption of health care services.
Activists plan to protest WellPoint political giving at meeting
May 15, 2012
J.K. WallA mix of union groups, activist investors and single-payer advocates will call for increased disclosure from WellPoint, and
some investment funds will vote against WellPoint board members who they say have failed to exercise proper oversight of WellPoint’s
political spending.
MoreSet pricing helps boost diagnostic network's growth
May 5, 2012
J.K. WallWhen the same MRI at one facility costs $600 and at another costs $2,200, Dr. Robert Gregori would call that a business opportunity.
MoreLilly letting U.S. researchers test failed compounds for new uses
May 3, 2012
Bloomberg NewsMore than 20 compounds that Eli Lilly and Co., Pfizer Inc. and AstraZeneca Plc failed to turn into drugs will be tested by
U.S.-sponsored scientists in a $20 million program to see if they’ll work against ailments they weren’t aimed
at previously.
MoreWellPoint sees $100 billion 'duals' market as care shifts
April 25, 2012
Bloomberg NewsIndianapolis-based WellPoint Inc. sees a $100 billion market in the states it serves to provide managed care for poor, elderly
patients in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
MoreIs health care bubble about to burst?
April 16, 2012
J.K. WallCitigroup economist writes that U.S. health care sector "reminds us somewhat ominously of the bubble in housing finance"
because public spending is fueling private profits.
MoreQ&A
April 16, 2012
J.K. WallSam Gibbs is president of eHealth Government Solutions, part of California-based eHealthInsurance Services
Inc. The company, founded in 1997, pioneered the sale of health insurance over the Internet. Gibbs spoke about the options
for public and private health insurance exchanges, including the state-based exchanges mandated by the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act.
MoreSupreme skepticism boosts WellPoint stock
April 2, 2012
J.K. WallWall Street's favorable reaction came not only because harsh questioning by the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative
justices put in doubt the health reform law’s mandate that all Americans buy health insurance, but also because the
justices raised the possibility that they would strike down requirements that insurers accept all customers, regardless of
health.
MoreSupreme Court can't stop 'reform'
March 26, 2012
J.K. WallLeaping costs, aging populace and cash-strapped consumers will drive reform in health care industries even if court strikes
down law.
MoreCourt: Indiana can't deny welfare without reason
March 22, 2012
Associated PressThe Indiana Supreme Court said Thursday that the state Family and Social Services Administration can't deny Medicaid,
food stamps or welfare to people without first doing a better job of telling them why.
MoreFranciscan pulls back Greenwood plans
March 5, 2012
J.K. WallFranciscan St. Francis Health said its plans to build an emergency room and physician office building in Greenwood are on
hold due to uncertainty over the effects of health care reform.
MoreRating doctors and other health care providers
January 14, 2012
Sam StallA new onslaught of Medicare data might shine more light on providers, but tricky questions abound.
MoreWellPoint, other insurers profit from health law they oppose
January 5, 2012
Insurance companies spent millions of dollars trying to defeat the U.S. health-care overhaul. But profit margins at the companies
have widened to levels not seen since before the recession, a Bloomberg Government study shows.
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