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• Aetna's Ron Williams Speaks -- And Actually Says Something

  This Fortune interview with Aetna CEO Ron Williams is a few days old, but as it just popped up in my RSS reader, it is, as they say, new to me. Since it's pretty rare to see someone like Williams candidly discuss the health-plan business, its problems and some intriguing...

  Blog posts 2008-05-08

  Tags: Physician, Decision Support, Aetna Inc., Health Care, Dermatologist, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, David P. Hamilton

• Good News Not Totally Absent in Healthcare

  Medical costs continue to rise much faster than general inflation, the insurance safety net is fraying as health plans and hospitals push the financial burden of being ill back onto the sick themselves, and even people who get their insurance through work have seen their premium contributions rise ten times...

  Blog posts 2008-05-06

  Tags: Hospital, Aetna Inc., Health Care, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, David P. Hamilton

• Coventry Health Profit Up 3 Percent, Meets Estimates

  By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - Coventry Health Care Inc (CVH) posted a 3 percent first-quarter profit increase on Friday, matching Wall Street estimates, helped by higher membership, and the insurer backed its full-year forecast. Coventry shares rose more than 2 percent,...

  News items 2008-04-25

  Tags: Financial accounting, insurance company, analyst, earnings, pricing strategy, profit warning, New York, Medicare, Thomson Reuters Corp., profit margin, insurance, acquisition, health care, stock, environment, industry

• Coventry Health Profit Up 3 Percent

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Insurer Coventry Health Care Inc (CVH) posted a 3 percent first-quarter profit increase on Friday, matching Wall Street estimates, helped by higher membership. The company forecast second-quarter earnings below analyst estimates but backed its full-year outlook, which...

  News items 2008-04-25

  Tags: insurance company, earnings, analyst, profit warning, Thomson Reuters Corp., New York, acquisition

• Aetna Profit Meets Street

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Aetna Inc (AET) on Thursday posted first-quarter profit that met Wall Street expectations, helped by higher membership, and the health insurer backed its 2008 profit forecast. The No. 3 U.S. health insurer also raised its enrollment projection...

  News items 2008-04-24

  Tags: Insurance, Aetna Inc., insurance company, net income, wall, Thomson Reuters Corp., earnings, profit warning, New York, health care, analyst, industry

• Health, Dental, Vision, Pharmacy, Life and Disability

  In the world of small business, there's nothing more critical to one's company's success than the health and well-being of your employees. Aetna is committed to putting the member at the center of everything they do - with a new generation of consumer-friendly health care benefits and insurance and related...

  White papers 2006-01-01

  Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Aetna Inc., health care, small business, vision, insurance, tool

• From Managed Care to Consumer Health Insurance: The Fall and Rise of Aetna

  This paper documents Aetna's fall as the nations largest managed care plan and its subsequent reemergence as a smaller but more profitable multiproduct insurer. The paper emphasizes the transformation in corporate goals, product design, organizational structure, information technology, product mix, premiums, cash flow, net income, and share prices. Disciplined underwriting...

  White papers 2004-04-01

  Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Project HOPE, Aetna Inc., product design, health care, organizational structure, health insurance, net income, insurance, pricing strategy, information technology

• Aetna: Corporate Governance Guidelines

  This is basically a Corporate Governance Guideline of Atena. It discusses the Role of the Board of Directors. Besides this, Functioning of the Board has also been highlighted. This Corporate Governance also consists of Conduct and Ethics Standards, which the organization is following. To know more, refer to the article....

  White papers 2003-01-31

  Tags: Corporate law, Aetna Inc., corporate governance, ethics, board

• Case study: Health Insurance

  An effort to bring the managed care industry to its knees failed last year when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld the dismissal of a class-action lawsuit against Aetna, unanimously ruling that plaintiffs failed to allege actual injury to business or property. Aetna, the first of...

  Case studies 2003-01-01

  Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Vertical industries, Aetna Inc., health insurance, HMO, health care, physician, industry

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• Aetna Announces Appearance at 2008 Bank of America Health Care Conference

  HARTFORD, Conn. -- Aetna (NYSE: AET) announced today that Joseph M. Zubretsky, executive vice president & CFO, is scheduled to make a presentation at the 2008 Bank of America Health Care Conference on May 14, 2008, in Las Vegas, NV. Aetna's presentation is scheduled to begin at 6:20...

  Articles 2008-05-07

• The Institute for Healthcare Advancement Names Aetna Winner in 2008 Health Literacy Awards

  -- Honor Recognizes Insurer's Asthma Health Literacy Study -- HARTFORD, Conn. -- Aetna (NYSE:AET) today announced that it has been named a winner in the seventh annual Health Literacy Awards, sponsored by the Institute for Healthcare Advancement (IHA), a non-profit health care organization that is a leader in...

  Articles 2008-05-06

• Aetna's Dr. Karyn Wills Named to D.C.-Area Task Force to Raise Awareness of Stroke Risks

  WASHINGTON -- Dr. Karyn Wills, an Aetna medical director for the Mid-Atlantic Region, has been named to the American Heart Association's Greater Washington Region Ambassador Task Force for the Power to End Stroke program. Dr. Wills will join other D.C.-area ambassadors to help provide leadership, education and mobilization...

  Articles 2008-05-05

• Aetna Recognizes National Volunteer Week with Ongoing Commitment to Community Service

  Aetna employees volunteered more than 295,000 hours in 2007 HARTFORD, Conn. -- Aetna (NYSE: AET) and the Aetna Foundation join in a nationwide recognition of National Volunteer Week, a special week that celebrates the spirit and service of volunteers throughout the country. Last year, Aetna's employees volunteered more...

  Articles 2008-05-02

• Aetna Announces Appearance at 2008 Deutsche Bank Health Care Conference

  HARTFORD, Conn. -- Aetna (NYSE: AET) announced today that Joseph M. Zubretsky, executive vice president & CFO, is scheduled to make a presentation at the 2008 Deutsche Bank Conference on May 7, 2008, in Boston, MA. Aetna's presentation is scheduled to begin at 8:50 a.m. EDT. Investors, analysts...

  Articles 2008-05-02

• U.S. insurers agree to national principles for physician performance measures

  Some of the largest health insurance plans in the United States, including Aetna, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, and WellPoint, have agreed to adhere to a new patient charter endorsed by leading business, consumer, health insurance, and physician groups. The Patient Charter for Physician Performance Measurement, Reporting and Tiering Programs calls for a...

  Articles 2008-05-01

• Aetna Releases 2007 Annual Report, 'The Difference We Make'

  -- Calls on vendors and suppliers to reduce the number of uninsured by offering employees access to health benefits -- -- Urges other corporations to take a similar, proactive step -- HARTFORD, Conn. -- Fourth graph, third sentence should read: Our focus will be on helping...

  Articles 2008-05-01

• Statement of Support: Aetna Commends Passage of Genetic Non-Discrimination Act

  HARTFORD, Conn. -- Aetna (NYSE:AET) today announced its support of passage of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). Protecting the privacy of genetic information has been at the top of Aetna's agenda for the past six years. GINA is consistent with Aetna's commitment to providing members with access...

  Articles 2008-05-01

• Aetna Study Finds That 86 Percent of Respondents Would "Always" Adhere to Their Medication If Enrolled in a Plan That Reduces or Waives Certain Co-Pays

  HARTFORD, Conn. -- A recent survey from Aetna (NYSE:AET) found that 86 percent of consumers with a chronic condition would "always" adhere to their prescription medication if they were enrolled in a program that reduced or eliminated co-pays for filling prescriptions, seeing doctors, or getting recommended tests (like blood tests)....

  Articles 2008-05-01

• Regence Foundation in Portland appoints Alexander, Porter

  The Regence Foundation has appointed Mike Alexander as chair and Kieren Porter as president of its board of directors. Alexander is the vice president of account management for Regence, a Northwestern health insurer. He was previously the vice president of corporate public involvement for Aetna and executive...

  Articles 2008-05-01

• Aetna Shareholder Meeting to Be Webcast

  HARTFORD, Conn. -- Aetna's (NYSE: AET) Annual Meeting of Shareholders, to be held on Friday, May 30, 2008, at 9:30 a.m. Central time, will be available through a live audio Webcast that can be accessed through the Internet on the Investor Information link at www.aetna.com/investor. At the meeting,...

  Articles 2008-05-01