UnitedHealth Posts 15% Profit Increase and Raises Its Full-Year Forecast (New York Times)
Posttravel testing Persons traveling in foreign countries for less than 6 months usually require no tests upon their return unless symptoms develop. However, those returning from extended stays in developing countries may want to have a complete blood cell count to check for anemia and eosinophilia, liver enzyme tests, urinalysis, a tuberculin skin test, and stool cultures for ova and parasites. Further evaluation may be needed in travelers with known or suspected exposure to infectious disease.
UnitedHealth Posts 15% Profit Increase and Raises Its Full-Year Forecast (New York Times)
The company said it had given up some health insurance customers to stay profitable and said that the total number of people it served declined by 80,000.
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UnitedHealth 3Q earnings up 15 percent (AP via Yahoo! News)
Insurer UnitedHealth reported a 15 percent rise in profits on Thursday and it expanded its share buybacks, but it said it gave up some health insurance customers to stay profitable rather than go too low on prices.
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CIGNA HealthCare of Texas and Kelsey-Seybold Clinic Announce Alliance (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
HOUSTON----CIGNA HealthCare of Texas and Kelsey-Seybold Clinic announced today they are joining forces to offer a new health benefit option to Houston employers. KelseyCare Powered by CIGNA is a fully-insured health maintenance organization product that gives businesses the ability to offer their employees a quality, lower cost benefit option.
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UnitedHealth earnings rise (CNN Money)
Health insurer says quarterly profit rises 15 percent, raises low end of full-year forecast as fee increases offset lower enrollment rates.
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Children's health insurance works in Alabama (Hartselle Enquirer)
Recently there have been many headlines about the reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (or SCHIP). SCHIP is a federally funded program run by the 50 states that insures millions of kids.
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Health Insurance (Washington Post)
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UnitedHealth earnings rise (KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul)
UnitedHealth Group Inc. said Thursday its third-quarter profit rose 15 percent as strong premium and fee growth in its Medicaid business helped offset
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UnitedHealth's 3Q Profit Up 15 Percent (WCCO Minneapolis/St. Paul)
UnitedHealth Group Inc. said Thursday its third-quarter profit rose 15 percent as strong premium and fee growth in its Medicaid business helped offset lower enrollment in employer-sponsored programs. More Business News
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JPA forms new health-care entity (Sonoma Index-Tribune)
The quest for an integrated health-care delivery system in Sonoma County and parts of Mendocino County took another step Tuesday when the Northern California Health Care Authority created an entity to attract community health centers, physicians' groups and the like.
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UnitedHealth 3Q profit up 15 percent (Sharewatch)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - UnitedHealth Group Inc. said Thursday its third-quarter profit rose 15 percent as strong premium and fee growth in its Medicaid business helped offset lower enrollment in employer-sponsored programs.
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UnitedHealth Posts 15% Profit Increase and Raises Its Full-Year Forecast (New York Times)
Many physicians advise their patients to travel with a supply of a general antibiotic (eg, amoxicillin, erythromycin), especially if they are going to remote areas. Other suggested medications include ciprofloxacin (Cipro), norfloxacin (Noroxin), and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim, Septra) for treating urinary infections or traveler's diarrhea. Antibiotic prophylaxis against traveler's diarrhea is not recommended. However, several placebo-controlled studies have shown that prophylactic use of bismuth subsalicylate (2 oz or two tablets four times daily) decreases the incidence of diarrhea by about 60%.
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