”benefits” News

Express Scripts to buy WellPoint unit for $4.68B

INDIANAPOLIS – Express Scripts Inc . stands to gain considerable negotiating clout from its $4.68 billion deal to buy the pharmacy benefits management
04 15 2009 4:38PM (...more)

CheckPoint HR Rebrands Benefits Arm to Deliver Complete HR and Benefits Solution

CheckPoint HR, a trusted advisor empowering small and medium size businesses in managing their human capital throughout the entire employee life cycle, today announced it has rebranded its benefits affiliate, The Wilshire Group,
03 14 2009 7:05AM (...more)

Rite Aid's Fledgling Benefits Management Firm Hits Turbulence at Employee Benefits Conference in Anaheim

To: LABOR EDITORS Contact: Mindy Berman of 1199SEIU, +1-518-810-5326 cell, or Marcy Rein of ILWU, +1-510-847-4443 cell ANAHEIM, Calif ., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As it attempts to
11 4 2007 10:11AM (...more)

AHIP Praises Bipartisan Senate Vote on Mental Health Parity

To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Mohit Ghose of America's Health Insurance Plans, +1-202-778-8494 WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More Americans will haveaccess to high-quality, evidence-based care for behavioral health conditionsunder
09 20 2007 1:32AM (...more)

Was Marx Right? The Bailout and the Auto Industry

There are two reasons we need to bail out the auto industry. The first, quite simply, is to buy time. Let's say we agree that the American auto industry is doomed, and that a $25 billion bailout does nothing more than delay the inevitable by three years. That is a perfect and entirely persuasive
12 6 2008 6:32PM (...more)

Drop in California’s Cash Spending Lowers U.S. Workers’ Compensation Benefit Spending in 2006

To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Jill Braunstein of the National Academy of Social Insurance, +1-202-452-8097, jillbraun@nasi.org WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- 08 27 2008 7:44AM (...more)

eMergent Benefit Solutions, LLC Announces Plan for Next Generation Benefits Administration Technology

eMergent Benefit Solutions ('EBS') announced today its plan to bring new technology to the employee benefits industry .
08 22 2008 11:58PM (...more)

Jobless claims drop to lowest level in 4 weeks

WASHINGTON - The number of newly laid off workers filing for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week to the lowest level in a month.
05 23 2008 1:32AM (...more)

URAC Seeks Public Comment on Standards for New Pharmacy Accreditation Programs

To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Karla Hurter, +1-703-319-0957, khurter@health2resources.com, for URAC New pharmacy accreditation standards for Specialty Pharmacy, Workers Compensation and Mail
01 25 2008 1:08PM (...more)

House Bill May Roil Retiree Health Care

Efforts by House Democrats to protect retiree health benefits could end up doing just the opposite while also undermining their vow to keep the health care overhaul from adding to the deficit. Section 110 of the House 11 7 2009 6:10AM (...more)