Anthem’s first-quarter profit surges past Wall Street’s predictions
Anthem exceeded Wall Street’s profit expectations by 47 cents per share and raised its full-year profit forecast by 20 cents per share.
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Anthem cancels public events about data breach at Ball State
Representatives from Indianapolis-base health insurer Anthem Inc. have canceled plans to speak publicly this week at Ball State University, where some employees have had their identities stolen.
AIT, former execs rack up nearly $5M in legal costs
AIT Labs and its former executives have already incurred nearly $5 million defending themselves against charges by the U.S. Department of Labor that AIT founder Michael Evans sold the company to its employees in 2009 at an inflated price.
Health insurance brokers turn focus to individuals
Sparking the movement is anticipation of employers’ dropping their group health plans, thereby forcing workers onto Obamacare exchanges in search of coverage.
Colleges getting out of health insurance business
The main driver of colleges getting out of the insurance business is a provision in the Affordable Care Act that prevents students from using premium tax subsidies to purchase insurance from their college or university.
Anthem to help Feds study U.S. medical billing system
President Barack Obama is enlisting private companies into his drive to change the way the U.S. pays its medical bills, including insurers Anthem Inc. and Cigna Inc. and casino chain Caesars Entertainment Corp.
Simon wins $150M after long legal battle with 16 insurers
Simon Property Group has been awarded a major victory in a nearly five-year legal battle following a flood that severely damaged one of Simon's shopping malls in May 2010.
New signups for Indiana health care program reach 100,000
The expanded health care program for low-income residents has enrolled more than 100,000 new people in the two months since it received federal approval.
Senators demand Anthem hasten notifications on data breach
Two senior U.S. senators demanded Anthem Inc. pick up the pace in notifying as many as 79 million Americans that their personal information may have been stolen from the health insurer in a computer breach last month.
Anthem hack may have involved millions who aren’t customers
Social Security numbers, names and addresses for millions of people who aren’t customers of Anthem Inc. may have been breached in a massive cyberattack disclosed by the health insurer earlier this month.
U.S. sent 800,000 Healthcare.gov customers wrong tax info
The Obama administration says it sent about 800,000 HealthCare.gov customers the wrong tax information, and officials are asking those consumers to delay filing their 2014 taxes.
Anthem finishes deal for Medicaid provider Simply Healthcare
Anthem Inc. has closed its purchase of Florida Medicaid managed care provider Simply Healthcare Holdings Inc. for an estimated $1 billion.
CNO earnings in line with analyst expectations
CNO Financial Group Inc. saw a decline in revenue and profit in the fourth quarter, but the results met or exceeded Wall Street predictions.
Anthem warns about scam emails after massive hack
After a huge data breach, Anthem is warning about “phishing” messages that are targeting people it insures or has insured in the past.
Anthem sued over massive data breach by California consumer
Anthem Inc. faces what may be the first of many consumer lawsuits a day after disclosing that hackers obtained data on tens of millions of current and former customers and employees.
Hackers see rewarding targets in health care companies
Experts say health care companies can provide many entry points into their systems for crooks to steal data. And once criminals get that information, they can pull off far more extensive and lucrative schemes.
Anthem to tell customers within 2 weeks if they were hacked
Anthem Inc., the second-biggest U.S. health insurer, said it’s going to take about 10 to 14 days to figure out who was affected by a data breach and begin notifying those people.
Anthem data breach already sparks class-action lawsuit
At least one Indianapolis law firm already is preparing a lawsuit against Anthem Inc., after hackers stole personal information on as many as 80 million customers. The breach is certain to spur much more litigation.
Anthem hacked in ‘sophisticated’ attack exposing customer data
Anthem Inc. said hackers obtained data on tens of millions of current and former customers and employees in a sophisticated attack that has led to a FBI probe.
State’s GOP House members poised to vote to repeal Obamacare
The seven lawmakers are trying to undo the same law that gave Indiana Gov. Mike Pence a huge political victory just days ago, when he won federal approval to expand health coverage to uninsured Hoosiers.