Nov 2014 Shifting lines in the mobile health competitive battlefield: Aetna makes a strategic retreat while United digs in? By Tory Wolff Payers , Digital The battle to own healthcare’s consumer relationship is being nowhere … Read more
Oct 2013 Marrying into the right family: the bets underlying United’s revenue cycle management joint venture with Dignity Health By Tory Wolff Payers , Providers Market for outsourced revenue cycle management could be big The revenu… Read more
Sep 2013 Strategic “crowd-out” via narrow networks: an emerging case study in Wisconsin By Tory Wolff Payers , Providers Last week, I argued that, if payers want to secure competitive advanta… Read more
May 2012 Towers Watson’s bold move in private insurance exchanges: leapfrog Aon and leave Mercer’s alliance compromised By Tory Wolff Payers With its acquisition of Extend Health, Towers Watson has ensured that … Read more
Dec 2011 Bubble in acquisition pricing of Medicare Advantage lives? By Tory Wolff Payers Several recent acquisitions suggest a rapidly growing valuation on Med… Read more
Nov 2011 XL Health in play: what do the three suitors see? By Tory Wolff Payers UPDATE: United buys XL Health! Here's what we surmised in the origin… Read more
Nov 2011 The CIGNA-Healthspring deal: local share key to top-line synergies but still missing from the equation By Tory Wolff Payers , Providers Summary Provider discounts are a key priority for national accounts –… Read more
Jul 2011 ESRX-MHS Part 1: Last stand of the PBM pure play: observations on the Medco-Express combination By Tory Wolff Payers UNH’s decision to take the commercial PBM business in-house did not fo… Read more
May 2011 Major health plan Q1 earnings: Profit surprise in commercial risk; multiple reasons why business prospects look good By Tory Wolff Payers Public health insurers startled the market with earnings ~25% above co… Read more
