UnitedHealth's 4Q Profit Rises 10 Percent
UnitedHealth Group Inc. said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit rose 10 percent, trumping Wall Street expectations, as premiums climbed and a drop in health care use continued to help the insurer.
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UnitedHealth Group Inc. said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit rose 10 percent, trumping Wall Street expectations, as premiums climbed and a drop in health care use continued to help the insurer.
Minnesota hospitals showed no improvement in reducing the number of serious medical mistakes last year, according to a new report from the state Department of Health, which disappointed some experts who hoped for a drop.
Managed care company UnitedHealth Group Inc. becomes the first major health insurer to report on its fourth-quarter and full-year performance for 2010 when it releases earnings results Thursday before the market opens.
Gov. Mark Dayton and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius say they're working together on Minnesota's participation in the federal health care overhaul.
Anti-health care protesters pushed their way into Gov. Mark Dayton's Minnesota State Capitol Office on Wednesday, as the new Democratic governor prepared to sign an executive order expanding Medicaid.
Minnesota is getting more involved in the federal health care overhaul with a major expansion of Medicaid coverage for the poor.
Gov. Mark Dayton shared the podium with tea party protesters on Wednesday as he completed his first official act -- deepening Minnesota's participation in the federal health care overhaul by expanding Medicaid coverage for the poor.
Incoming Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton plans to make signing an executive order expanding the state's Medicaid program one of his first official acts.
Gov.-elect Mark Dayton is calling a nine-month delay to expand Medicaid health care for the poor "totally unacceptable."
Six health care systems across the country, including a health institute at New Hampshire's Dartmouth College, are collaborating on a project aimed at improving health care quality while reducing costs.
In this day of ever rising health care costs, we sure do not want to pay out more than we have to, which is why it is worth your time to review your prescription costs. In the case of a Twin Cities man, three little words cost him a bunch of extra money.
A Dakotas-based health care system plans to merge with a clinic and hospital in northern Minnesota.
Medicare's new chief called for more steps to improve patient safety Tuesday, in the wake of a government report that said one in seven hospitalized Medicare patients is harmed during their stay.
Have you opened that giant envelope filled with health insurance, flex spending and life insurance choices? It's open enrollment time when millions of Americans will choose which benefit programs to go into. Or not. What are the big things we should look for when we enroll?
So I'm looking at my 28 page "Healthy Choices For You" booklet (your CBS Health & Welfare Benefits Enrollment Guide), thinking: huh?
Some hospital administrators in Minnesota say health care reform's looming changes are causing some sleepless nights.
