(WASHINGTON)Insurer Amerigroup Corp. finalized an agreement under which the company will pay $234 million to settle claims that it avoided enrolling pregnant women and sick people in Medicaid ...READ MORE

(CHICAGO)Insurance company Amerigroup Corp. said Tuesday it has agreed in principle to settle for $234 million a lawsuit accusing it of discriminating against pregnant women and other high-...READ MORE

(DES MOINES, Iowa)Principal Financial Group Inc. says it has hired a medical doctor to serve in the newly created position of chief medical officer. Dr. Naim Munir (nigh-EEM moo-NEER) will have dire...READ MORE

(VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.)Health insurer Amerigroup Corp. said Thursday it renewed its contract with the state of Tennessee through June 30, 2009. The company said the renewal includes a rate increase for t...READ MORE

(NEW YORK)Patients deferring hospital procedures, the challenges facing managed care companies, and biotechnology pipelines will be among the themes discussed at the Jefferies health care co...READ MORE

(SAN FRANCISCO)Protesters outside a health insurance industry convention in San Francisco demanded the creation of a single-payer health care system in the United StateS.READ MORE

(NEW YORK)Shares of several managed care companies hit new multi-year lows Thursday and the entire sector ended down are Coventry Health Care Inc. cut its second-quarter and full-year earnin...READ MORE