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Insurers live chat with members through new health app
Health insurers now have a new way to commiunicate with members -- live and almost in person. The new iPhone app created by Warm Health, a healthcare communications and disease management company,
Nonprofit insurers repay $73M to state, feds under earnings cap
Minnesota's nonprofit health plans will pay a total of $73 million to the state and federal governments based on an agreement to institute a 1 percent cap on profits they earned through Medicaid.
Medica teams up with provider in HMO-style health plan
Medica, the second largest insurer in Minnesota, is teaming up with a local provider to offer a new health insurance plan that might be reminiscent of the HMO model in the 1990s. Beginning April 1,
UnitedHealth buys two Medicare plans
UnitedHealth on Tuesday announced that it's buying two Florida insurance companies that manage Medicare and Medicaid plans, further positioning itself as a leader in the Medicare market. The
Health coaching program saves $22 per member monthly
A health coaching program has saved Medica $19 to $22 a month per member, and more than 29,000 Medica members have used a health coach since 2008, the Star Tribune reports. Participating members
Health plans limit profits, paying excess to state
Minnesota's four largest health payers--Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, HealthPartners, Medica and UCare--have agreed to limit profit margins on taxpayer-funded health programs to 1 percent
Minnesota health plan releases doctor ratings despite opposition
Medica has begun publicly rating thousands of doctors on its website--despite calls from physicians to delay the online ranking system. Minnesota's second-largest insurer is using a "star system" to
Wireless, mobile products in short supply at massive Medica show
The massive Radiological Society of North America is underway in Chicago now--without your Chicago-based editor, who's not back from Thanksgiving travels yet--but the 60,000 people who visit that
Medica dives into electronic services with health scorecards and e-prescribing
Medica, a regional nonprofit health insurer serving 1.6 million members in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota and South Dakota, has made significant strides over the past two weeks to ramp up its
