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- By Tory Wolff
Last week, CIGNA acquired the Great American Supplemental Benefits from American Financial Group (AFG) for $295M in cash. Per press releases, the key financials for the acquired business are:
A f…
- By Tory Wolff
Summary
Aetna has struck a deal to sell individual health insurance with Costco, the #6 retailer. The deal targets 9 populous states first with more to follow in 2012
While the deal lacks some…
- By Tory Wolff
There have been some blog posts (here and here) about a discussion on payment reform at the Massachusetts Health Data Consortium last week. While I did not attend, the commentary is provocative and I…
- By Tory Wolff
Summary
Geographic barriers to provider competition are a headache for payers
By importing capabilities, specialty franchising could help reduce some of the barriers to cross-geography competition
It…
- By Tory Wolff
Next week, the California insurance commissioner will propose legislation to deter small employers from exiting the traditional health insurance market and going self-insured. The legislation will pu…
- By Tory Wolff
The PE firm TPG is reportedly considering investing in LHC, a publicly-held home health agency (LHC announced earlier this year they were exploring strategic options). PE funding could allow LHC to p…
- By Tory Wolff
Summary
Administrative clearinghouse NaviNet has been acquired by 3 Blues plans and a provider of analytics capabilities for plans and providers (Lumeris).
Both NaviNet and Lumeris appear to ne…
- By Tory Wolff
Yesterday, Aetna announced a deal with Heartland Health (an integrated delivery system serving northwest Missouri, northeast Kansas and southeast Nebraska) to create a new health plan for the small gr…
- By Tory Wolff
Aetna has struck a deal with Best Buy to sell four online coaching programs (fitness, weight management, smoking cessation and stress management) in
new 1,200 sq. ft. “health technology departments” i…