Wellpoint Inc had an annual average earnings growth of 11.4% over the past 10 years.
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But seeing over-the-counter Claritin is only making Wellpoint more eager to trim drug costs.
Patients covered by Wellpoint will have no problem getting Singulair for mild, persistent asthma.
The combined company will be headquartered in Indiana but will keep the WellPoint name.
Last year, a congressional committee said that Wellpoint was one of the worst offenders.
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But WellPoint, with its network of about 100, 000 primary-care doctors, could have a much broader influence.
WellPoint said its savings projections are based largely on its own data from medical-home pilot projects.
Wellpoint had an annual average earnings growth of 17.2% over the past 10 years.
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From a financial standpoint, WellPoint has always been priced its policies conservatively compared to its peers.
Late yesterday the Indianapolis HMO giant WellPoint bid adieu to two more senior executives.
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WellPoint will pay for only four weeks of IV antibiotics, citing published peer-reviewed studies.
Because of antitrust concerns, few, apart from healthy WellPoint, are likely to bid for it.
Other competitors in the financial sector include: CIGNA (CI), WellPoint (WLP), and Universal American Corporation (UAM).
Other competitors in the financial sector include: Humana (HUM), WellPoint (WLP), and Aetna (AET).
Yesterday, an investigation by Reuters revealed that Wellpoint routinely drops coverage of women with breast cancer.
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But what if insurers like Wellpoint or pharmacy-benefit managers such as Express Scripts don't want to listen?
He also likes HMO WellPoint Health Networks (nyse: WLP - news - people ).
WellPoint is also promising that it will give doctors data and staffing help to improve their practices.
"We felt that we had an opportunity and a responsibility to do it, " said WellPoint's Dr. Levine.
Wellpoint, Aetna, Independence Blue Cross, and other major insurers rushing in seem to think so, for two reasons.
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Some insurers, including biggies Wellpoint and Cigna, have opted to stop selling such coverage in Colorado and elsewhere.
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Other competitors in the financial sector include: WellPoint (WLP), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), and Universal American (UAM).
WellPoint could raise rates tomorrow in many states by 100% if it wanted to, Secretary Sebelius be damned.
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The majority of analysts think investors should stand pat on WellPoint, with nine of 18 analysts rating it hold.
Such a move would mean that patients, not giant insurers like WellPoint, would shoulder the costs of the medicines.
Did WellPoint make similar miscalculations in the other states where it does business?
The majority of analysts think investors should stand pat on WellPoint, with 10 of 18 analysts rating it hold.
And he opts for health stocks catering to aging boomers, like HMO operator Wellpoint and drug distributor Cardinal Health.
Braly heads Wellpoint, the fast-growing health insurer that already covers the most members.
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