Carrier News

An interesting Compendium of Health Care costs and surveys prepared by the leading national firms. (See article)

An interesting article on why health care costs are continuing to rise. (See article)

NY Times article: "Medical Costs Likely to Slow, but Not Soon." (See article)

HIP completes acquisition of ConnectiCare. (See article)

An interesting article on tiering health insurance benefits by salary. (See article)

An interesting article on the importance of properly communicating the cost and value of employee benefits to workers. (See article)

See the Hewitt Report on trends in health care cost. 
 
ConnectiCare has expanded it network into New York State.  (See article)
 
New Anthem Direct and BlueCare Direct rates effective January 1, 2004, for all new and existing plans.  (See Anthem website  for details).
 
Health Net has developed a new cooperative relationship with First Choice to cover employees outside of the Tri-State area. 
 
Anthem offers a number of “value-added” benefits to its subscribers through its Anthem Rewards program.

CBIA establishes a new COBRA management program for all new and existing Health Connections cases. (See Article)

United HealthCare/Oxford Health Plans merger is complete. (See article)

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and United Health Group form strategic business and marketing alliance. (See article)

Guardian/HealthNet prescription co-pay changes 2005. (See Article)
 

New Government Website

The United States Government has created a new website, FirstGov.gov, which is designed to help new and existing Medicare/Social Security recipients with necessary paperwork and an explanation of their benefits.

A Wall Street Journal article by Tom Herman on the use-it-or-lose-it provision of Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA's). (See Article)

 

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