Insurance

Magazine articles on HMO's and other insurance companies.

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Managed Care February 2004 John Carroll	New Medicare Risk Adjustments Bad News for Unprepared HMOs Getting less-than-hale elderly enrolled can finally be a sound business strategy for HMOs that comprehend the new rules and have sufficient IT capability.
Managed Care February 2004	Employers see cost-shifting efforts pay off In the fall of 2002, as employers were getting their first 2003 rates from the health plans, they were looking at a 14-percent increase," says Blaine Bos, one of the study's authors. "Then they took out their scalpel.... In 2003, employers took back lost ground."
Managed Care February 2004 MargaretAnn Cross	Why Workers Choose CDHPs: Matter of Dollars and Sense In a new study of how consumer-directed plans are doing, one finding is that lower premiums was not a major factor in whether workers selected such a plan.
Managed Care February 2004	Overall, a good climate in 2004 Operating performance is expected to be strong this year, thanks to moderating medical costs and rate increases that are forecast to run between 10 percent and 12 percent, on average.
Registered Rep. February 27, 2004 David A. Gaffen	Regulators, Industry Still Divided On Mutual Funds David Brown, bureau chief of investment protection in the New York Attorney General's office, said insurance companies who sold mutual funds wrapped in variable annuities, along with banks and law firms, may end up becoming targets of Eliot Spitzer's ire in coming months.
Insurance & Technology February 19, 2004 Anthony O'Donnell	AIGT Tackles Mass Auto Taking on the unique difficulties of processing Massachusetts personal automobile insurance, AIG Technologies (AIGT) has developed MassXpress.
BusinessWeek March 1, 2004 Jason Bush	Russia Gets A Crash Course In Insurance A new law has opened the once-tight market to Western companies. On Jan. 16, Moscow opened the once-cosseted domestic insurance industry to foreign companies, which have been prowling Russia for new business.
Insurance & Technology February 19, 2004 Anthony O'Donnell	Compliance as Opportunity Regulatory compliance demands force insurers to dedicate scarce resources, but meeting those demands can be the occasion to accomplish worthwhile IT goals.
Insurance & Technology February 19, 2004 Julie Gallagher	Uncovering Offshore Secrets Overly generous cost savings estimates can doom a carrier's offshore outsourcing effort before it even begins. In order to optimize success and manage expectations accordingly, insurers must take the hidden costs of these deals into consideration.
Insurance & Technology February 19, 2004 Anthony O'Donnell	OIT Gives FMB Workflow Boost Motivated by the vulnerability of paper records, Farm Bureau Mutual finds greater efficiency through Docfinity document management solution.
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