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Topic: Aetna

When payers will pay more: Calculating — and justifying — the ROI of expensive treatments

When payers will pay more: Calculating — and justifying — the ROI of expensive treatments

May 22, 2013 11:53 am by | 0 Comments

Calculating the return on investment of expensive drugs and surgeries can mean good news for patients. A recent conversation among decision makers at big insurance companies also showed that payers ... Read more
Transparent pricing becomes marketing tool for Miami hospitals

Transparent pricing becomes marketing tool for Miami hospitals

May 15, 2013 5:16 am by | 0 Comments

Once a closely-held competitive secret, hospital prices are beginning to shake loose from the grips of healthcare executives in the wake of last week's unprecedented move by the federal government ... Read more
The future of insurance in an era of healthcare reform

The future of insurance in an era of healthcare reform

May 4, 2013 9:08 am by | 0 Comments

Next year is the dawning of a new age in American health care. On Jan. 1, the major insurance reforms embedded in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) take effect. Every ... Read more
Memphis health system and Aetna to launch fee-for-value, data-driven insurance policy

Memphis health system and Aetna to launch fee-for-value, data-driven insurance policy

April 27, 2013 10:50 am by | 0 Comments

Baptist Memorial Health Care unveiled a plan Friday to partner doctors and hospitals on data-driven teams to push down health costs for employers with up to 3,000 workers.Baptist's new health ... Read more
Aetna comes to terms with Texas’ Cook Children’s Health Care System

Aetna comes to terms with Texas’ Cook Children’s Health Care System

March 28, 2013 2:00 am by | 0 Comments

Cook Children's Health Care System and Aetna have resolved their contract dispute, giving the insurer's thousands of Medicaid members access to Tarrant County's largest provider of pediatric medical services. The ... Read more
Insurers tally flu’s costs as U.S. epidemic continues

Insurers tally flu’s costs as U.S. epidemic continues

January 25, 2013 2:46 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The bills for the flu - at epidemic levels in the United States this winter - are piling up.The nation's three largest insurers, UnitedHealth Group Inc, ... Read more
Healthcare’s 2012 on Twitter: @Poop_Strong vs. Aetna, Komen caves under criticism & more

Healthcare’s 2012 on Twitter: @Poop_Strong vs. Aetna, Komen caves under criticism & more

December 12, 2012 3:55 pm by | 0 Comments

This year in Twitter brought us that instantly famous photo of President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, more than 20 million tweets about Superstorm Sandy and the hashtag ... Read more
Hospital shares up, insurers down after Obama win

Hospital shares up, insurers down after Obama win

November 7, 2012 12:12 pm by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Shares of hospitals and other healthcare companies that will benefit from President Barack Obama's health reform legislation jumped on Wednesday after his election victory, but health insurers fell ... Read more
Aetna Launches Medicare Mobile Field Enrollment Tool For iPad

Aetna Launches Medicare Mobile Field Enrollment Tool For iPad

October 18, 2012 2:34 pm by | 0 Comments

Aetna (NYSE: AET) today announced that it will launch a new Mobile Field Enrollment tool for iPad for its in-field Medicare sales agents and brokers. Licensed Aetna agents and brokers ... Read more
Aetna, UNC Health Care settle disagreements and sign new deal

Aetna, UNC Health Care settle disagreements and sign new deal

October 12, 2012 12:30 am by | 0 Comments

Aetna and the UNC Health Care system have settled their differences.The insurer and UNC Health severed ties in February, 2011, after contract negotiations failed. UNC wanted more money from Aetna ... Read more
Health insurance purchase decisions are more difficult than ones on parenting

Health insurance purchase decisions are more difficult than ones on parenting

October 5, 2012 12:16 pm by | 0 Comments

People know that the world of insurance is inscrutable and complex. But now there’s a new measure for how opaque the system is and how difficult consumers find to make ... Read more
Aetna expands coverage of Provenge for prostate cancer patients whose cancer has spread

Aetna expands coverage of Provenge for prostate cancer patients whose cancer has spread

September 28, 2012 2:54 pm by | 0 Comments

Sept 28 (Reuters) - Health insurer Aetna Inc said on Friday it will pay for a greater number of patients to receive Provenge, a prostate cancer drug made by Dendreon ... Read more
Want to know if you will develop high blood pressure next year? With big data magic you can

Want to know if you will develop high blood pressure next year? With big data magic you can

September 27, 2012 3:48 pm by | 0 Comments

Bringing down the skyrocketing costs of healthcare isn’t just a matter of paying for quality instead of volume.It also has to do with predicting accurately who are at risk of ... Read more
Open innovation is no longer a rallying cry in healthcare — it’s a movement

Open innovation is no longer a rallying cry in healthcare — it’s a movement

August 31, 2012 11:03 am by | 2 Comments

It’s become a staple in the software industry. The telecommunications industry has done it. The automobile industry is doing it. And now, the healthcare industry as a whole has adopted ... Read more
Health IT firm to provide free access to cancer treatment options library to oncologists

Health IT firm to provide free access to cancer treatment options library to oncologists

August 28, 2012 10:36 am by | 0 Comments

After having just inked a deal with Aetna (NYSE: AET), a healthcare IT company will begin offering oncologists access to its digital cancer treatment options library free of charge.Eviti‘s partnership ... Read more