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UnitedHealthcare reported that it has launched a vision program that will help children across the country reduce their exposure to blue light and support their overall eye health, addressing the [...]

Humana reported that it is launching the Humana Honor Medicare Advantage plans for 2020. According to a media release, 'Honor' underscores Humana's commitment to veterans and is designed to complement [...]

UnitedHealthcare has launched a new program that will help improve access to comprehensive eye exams and prescription glasses for children across the country, helping address the unique eye-health challenges young [...]

Using the latest technologies in Web communications and digital telephony, startup company American Well™ seeks to partner with health plans and extend traditional health care services to the home setting. [...]

-- Humana will scale back its presence in the Affordable Care Act's exchanges in 2017, selling individual plans in 11 states compared with 19 states this year. The Louisville, Ky.-based [...]

UnitedHealthcare Inc. has launched critical illness protection plans that will provide cash benefits to help employees with out-of-pocket expenses after a major illness. After an employee is diagnosed with a [...]

Frustrated that people are continuing to show up at the emergency room with problems that aren't life-threatening, Anthem Inc., Indiana's largest health insurer, is pushing a new message: Save the [...]

SEQOHS looks at physiotherapy â âThe OH accreditation programme SEQOHS (Safe Effective Quality Occupational Health Service) is testing the water to extend into accrediting OH physiotherapy businesses. SEQOHS was launched [...]

BUPA goes on the road with screening vans Healthcare provider BUPA has launched a new service: mobile OH screening units. The units, in vans, replicate the company's static OH facilities [...]

Highmark offers 'pay-or-play' tool Pittsburgh-based health insurer Highmark Inc. has introduced an interactive tool to help employers decide whether to 'pay or play' under the federal health care reform law. [...]

UnitedHealth Group's Optum health services business has launched an open cloud platform to allow developers to create and host health care applications.The cloud offers a developer toolkit with modules that [...]

GPs can now access all NICE guidance on a particular disease in one place through an online tool launched at the NICE annual conference this week. NICE Pathways displays guidance [...]

Private healthcare specialist Bupa is set to roll out a new whiplash treatment service for motor insurers, after a successful pilot with several leading companies, including Norwich Union. The move [...]

Bupa has launched what it claims is the largest international staff volunteering challenge in a remote village in Ecuador. Employees from across the globe will travel to Ecuador between 7 [...]

UnitedHealth Group and Cisco Wednesday announced they're launching a multi-million dollar initiative to build a national telehealth network. Although the initial focus is on patients in rural and inner city […]

The HealthWell Foundation has launched a program to assist patients diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme and anaplastic astrocytoma. By applying to the program, patients can receive assistance with prescription drug copays, [...]

Bupa Individual Protection is enhancing its critical-illness product with a number of changes. The changes include premium discounts for clients who have been diagnosed with diabetes or cardiovascular conditions and [...]

Bupa reduces its rates for critical illness plans.. Girlie Garduce Bupa Individual Protection is reducing the premium rates for its critical illness plans. For critical illness plans bought alongside a [...]

BUPA has unveiled a transactional site as the private healthcare provider looks to have a closer relationship with consumers. BUPA Shop has in excess of 2,000 healthcare products, from pain […]

Bupa is to introduce a free online health assessment as part of a service for new and renewing customers. The service called Positive Health also includes information and advice on [...]

Briefly Noted Aurora Imaging creates Breast MRI Society As manufacturer of the only FDA-cleared MRI system specifically designed for breast imaging, Aurora Imaging Technology (North Andover, Massachusetts) has taken the [...]

In a trailblazing move for a national insurance company, the UnitedHealthcare division of United Health Group, has launched real-time adjudication of claims submitted through its physician Web site. The service [...]

Bupa Group Risk has launched an online system which it claims allows financial advisers to purchase protection cover within 30 minutes. This system - which according to Bupa is nearly [...]

New Blues plan rewards healthy lifestyles Blue Care Network of Michigan today is introducing a new plan that rewards healthy lifestyles with lower premiums. The Blues HMO arm is rolling [...]

Demolitions mark start of casino hotel construction * Friday, demolition of the Foster-Winter parking garage in Greektown and the vacated apartment house to the east began, after public officials joined [...]

Bupa Individual Protection is offering critical-illness policyholders free independent medical advice if they are diagnosed with a serious condition. Best Doctors gives policyholders round-the-clock access to a team of advisers [...]

PacifiCare Behavioral Health Inc., a Santa Ana, Calif., unit of PacifiCare Health Systems Inc., said Tuesday that it had introduced a mental health care program that includes online and phone-based [...]

Byline: Roseanne White Geisel The trail Kaiser Permanente is blazing in electronic medical information technology now connects Hawaii plan members to their physicians by e-mail, links those patients to their [...]

Byline: Modern Physician HealthPartners opened a 130,000-square-foot, $22 million specialty clinic in St. Paul, Minn., with fully integrated electronic medical records, allowing physicians at 396-bed Regions Hospital and its clinics [...]

LOUISVILLE, Ky.-Humana Inc. has unveiled a new Web-based resource known as the Benefit Utilization Director aimed at providing health insurance brokers real-time utilization data and strategic tools to help small [...]

Blue Care Network, Wayne County unveil health coverage Blue Care Network of Michigan and Wayne County HealthChoice on Sept. 19 unveiled a program to provide health care coverage to up [...]

The Detroit-Wayne County Health Authority says it's ready to start weaving an ambitious safety net for the county's more than 700,000 uninsured and underinsured, if it can only gather the [...]

Bupa will launch online processing form individual protection business by the end of the year. The new system has been developed with IT consultants Practiv and will allow advisers to [...]

In September Bupa will introduce a lower-cost private medical insurance (PMI) product for small- and medium-sized businesses. Bupa Select, will be promoted to employers through a series of roadshows. Sales [...]

Byline: Erik Engquist Insurer ghi and the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce are launching two low-cost health insurance plans this month designed for the thousands of small business workers in Brooklyn [...]

A unit of UnitedHealth Group Inc. has developed a prepaid health savings account debit card with a twist. In addition to providing direct access to funds from the account, the [...]

LOUISVILLE, Ky.-Humana Inc. is offering a family of health plans for employers with two to 299 employees. The program, SmartExpress, intends to help employers better control costs and expand their [...]

Humana Inc. in Louisville, Ky., said Monday that it has started HumanaOne HSA, a high-deductible health insurance plan coupled with a tax-deductible health savings account that lets participants set aside [...]

Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's data security rule, provider and payer organizations must maintain an audit trail of who is gaining access to electronic protected health information. [...]

IFAS have welcomed Bupa's latest scheme to tackle the UK's AGBP11.6bn burden of employee absence and ill health. Bupa's bespoke corporate service, 360 Degrees Health Risk Management, offers employers a [...]