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Managed Care Companies
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HEALTHWAYS LOWERS ’08 OUTLOOK
Shares in disease management and wellness company Healthways Inc. (Nashville, TN) plummeted 30% on Feb. 26 after the company announced that it was reducing its fiscal 2008 earnings and revenues outlook because of lower-than-expected enrollment in one of its programs and the failure of two anticipated contracts to materialize this year.
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MARKET FOR WELLNESS IS SCATTERED
The market for wellness products and services remains highly scattered, with very few standalone wellness vendors emerging as market leaders, according to a new study titled ROI and Outcomes of Wellness Initiatives, 2008 from Corporate Research Group, publisher of this newsletter.
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UNIVERSAL HEALTH TO DRIVE RAPID HSA GAINS, STUDY SAYS
Universal healthcare initiatives being kicked around by Presidential candidates and enacted in some states—if rolled out nationwide—would dramatically increase the number of high-deductible health plans tied to HSAs, according to a study from BearingPoint (McLean, VA).
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