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2006-06-20
MinuteClinics offer patients treatment on a tight schedule
Examiner.com - Jun 5, 2006 For patients who are members of Aetna, Beechstreet, BlueCross BlueShield, CareFirst, CBSA, CIGNA Healthcare, Johns Hopkins Employer Health Programs, Medicare
Prices for treatments vary but generally cost about $49 or an insurance co-pay. The company is working with large insurance carriers in the state to become a participating provider in their networks. For patients who are members of Aetna, Beechstreet, BlueCross BlueShield, CareFirst, CBSA, CIGNA Healthcare, Johns Hopkins Employer Health Programs, Medicare of Maryland, NCAS, Tri-Care Standard or United Healthcare, MinuteClinic will accept as payment the office visit co-pay indicated on insurance cards.

2006-06-19
Corporate Pulse: Aetna Staying the Course
International News Service, Australia - Jun 1, 2006 would be a major driver of the health sector in 2006 and that Aetna is ripe to An example there would be our acquisition of a company called HMS Healthcare.

2006-06-18
Data Center Energy Consumption to Become Pressing Business
Yahoo! News (press release) - Jun 13, 2006 business transformations from blue chip companies including Aetna, Austin Energy tracks -- for manufacturing, financial services, and healthcare -- and an
IDC's flagship end-user conference, the IDC IT Forum & Expo is designed to provide IT and business executives with fresh perspectives on how technology can be used to drive business transformation and innovation. The conference features an impressive roster of keynote speakers that includes: Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor; Mexico's Minister of Economy, Sergio Garcia de Alba Zepeda; Dr. Shaygan Kheradpir, CIO, Verizon Communications; Robert B. Carter, Executive Vice President & CIO, FedEx Corp.; author and management educator Jim Collins; John Gallant, President and Editorial Director of Network World; and John Gantz, IDC's Chief Research Officer. They join a line-up of case studies of successful technology-enabled business transformations from blue chip companies including Aetna, Austin Energy, BlueCross BlueShield, Boston Scientific Corp., Ford Motor Company, GE, HP, Merrill Lynch, MITRE, Priceline.com, Staples, and Wm Wrigley, Jr. Company.

2006-06-16
Aetna, CIGNA Telling Their Members More About Doctors
Hartford Courant, United States - Jun 14, 2006 Aetna, which launched the price listings in Cincinnati last August, says it Meanwhile, Bloomfield-based CIGNA HealthCare said last November that it would give
Aetna says its online program will show prices and clinical quality and efficiency information in Connecticut, Washington, D.C., northern Virginia, Maryland, various cities in Ohio, northern Kentucky, southeast Indiana and south Florida. Aetna will list only price information in Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City, Mo.; Las Vegas; and Pittsburgh.

2006-06-15
Aetna Announces Appearance at Goldman Sachs Twenty-Seventh Annual
Business Wire (press release), CA - Jun 7, 2006 Ronald A. Williams, CEO and president of Aetna, is scheduled to make a presentation at the Goldman Sachs Twenty-Seventh Annual Global Healthcare Conference on
Aetna is one of the nation's leading diversified health care benefits companies, serving approximately 28.3 million people with information and resources to help them make better informed decisions about their health care. Aetna offers a broad range of traditional and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services, including medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health, group life, long-term care and disability plans, and medical management capabilities. Our customers include employer groups, individuals, college students, part-time and hourly workers, health plans and government-sponsored plans.

2006-06-14
DST Health Solutions Hires Vice President of Sales and Marketing
PR Newswire (press release), NY - Jun 6, 2006 Kennedy's 25 years of experience in the healthcare IT industry has included positions with Aetna, First Consulting Group, McKesson, Humana and most recently
DST Health Solutions, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of DST Systems, Inc., delivers applications and outsourcing services that help health plans, TPAs and physician practices improve efficiency, reduce operational costs, increase speed to market and improve customer service and care management. DST Health Solutions' enterprise applications, and ASP and BPO services support 340 healthcare clients, representing 30 million covered lives, 230 million health plan claims and 30 million physician business transactions annually. For more information about DST Health Solutions, visit

2006-06-13
Companies feel burden of state health insurance increase
MSNBC - Jun 5, 2006 dominated by two large health insurers: CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield and United HealthCare. Tom Grote, general manager for Aetna Corp.'s small and midsize
State health care officials also hope these changes will reverse a trend of declining enrollment. The percentage of companies that participate in the small group benefit plan declined from 42 percent in 2004 to 40 percent in 2005, according to the report. The number of people covered by the benefit package also decreased to 448,000 last year, down from 452,000 in 2004 and a peak of 489,000 in 1995.

1. A precedent-setting case against HMOs - Aetna US Healthcare - Brief Article
A couple who helped end "drive through" deliveries after their 2-day-old daughter died is now hoping to hold HMOs accountable for medical decisions. Steve and Michelle Bauman are suing Aetna US Heal

2. Aetna U.S. Healthcare gives grants to reduce errors
Aetna U.S. Healthcare, Hartford, CT, will provide $840,000 for grants to researchers at five leading academic institutions to study issues such as reducing ...

3. Aetna Settles Lawsuit - Aetna U.S. Healthcare - Brief Article
Aetna U.S. Healthcare has agreed to drop its "all-products" clause requiring Texas physicians who contract with one of its health plans to participate ...

4. HFMA Chapters: Bringing member benefits home - Healthcare Financial Management Association
HFMA Chapters: Bringing member benefits home.(Healthcare Financial Management Association)

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Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna has won the Disease Management Association of America''s Health Plan Disease Management Leadership Award for its efforts to ...