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December 15, 2008
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MHMR December 15, 2008; Volume 16, Number 21
3Q08 PPO lives fall…MCO CDHP lives top 9.1 MM…Cigna affirms ’09 profit outlook…Triple-S to buy La Cruz Azul… Chart: MCO PPO lives…Health IT: A Work in Progress…Chart: MCO HSA/HRA lives…Aetna tapped by Dubai…MCO HMO/POS lives fall…Chart: MCO HMO/POS lives…and more…
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3Q08 COMMERCIAL PPO LIVES FALL 1.5%
Fully funded commercial PPO enrollment among 16 leading managed care organizations dropped 1.5% to 40.368 million as of Sept. 30, 2008, compared to the same period a year earlier. Included in the tally are leading for-profit and not-for-profit MCOs, as well as leading Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans.
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TOP MCOs HAVE 9.1 MILLION HSA, HRA LIVES
Nineteen managed care organizations increased enrollment in HSA and HRA plans 36% to 9.136 million as of Sept. 30, 2008, according to an HMN tally. United had the most members at 2.741 million, up 19.9%, followed by WellPoint with 1.67 million, up 33.6%, and Aetna with 1.356 million, up 49%.
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CIGNA REAFFIRMS 2009 PROFIT OUTLOOK
Cigna Corp. (Philadelphia) said it was meeting with investment analysts this week and expected to reaffirm its 2009 operating income projections of $1.09 billion to $1.18 billion. Cigna also reiterated that it expects 2009 membership to fall about 2%, as previously announced (MHMR, Oct. 31).
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TRIPLE-S TO BUY LA CRUZ AZUL ASSETS
Triple-S Management Corp. (San Juan, PR) announced that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire the managed care assets of La Cruz Azul de Puerto Rico from Independence Blue Cross for an undisclosed amount.
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HEALTHCARE IT: A WORK IN PROGRESS
Corporate Research Group, publisher of this newsletter, just completed its report on emerging information technology in healthcare, and the results were hardly surprising.
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AETNA TAPPED BY DUBAI FOR HEALTH MANAGEMENT
Aetna Inc. (Hartford, CT) said it has won a contract to provide health management programs to primary care clinics in Dubai, as part of a new government primary care capitation- system.
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