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HMO premiums to rise 25 percent for CalPERS members. (News Briefs).(Brief Article)
After receiving bids that proposed increases ranging from 15.1 to 41.1 percent, the board of the California Public Employee Retirement System said HMO premiums would rise an average of 25.1 percent for 2003. CalPERS also is dropping two of its health plan providers--a move it says will save more than $77 million. As the nation's second largest purchaser of health care, CalPERS is an important barometer of health care costs for employers and consumers. A year ago, the CalPERS board rejected similar proposals from its providers and asked them to submit better bids. This resulted in an increase of 13.2 percent for basic HMO coverage, which the system passed on to its members in the form of higher co-payments and a multi-tier drug plan that ...
- Smaller companies are bearing most of rising HMO premiums. (Health Care).(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal Darmiento, Laurence December 9, 2002 700+ words
...matters, at least when it comes to health care costs. That's the conclusion to be drawn from the latest survey of employer health care premiums, which found that large businesses...employers with 500 or more workers saw total health care costs per employee in HMO plans rose...
- Expect new drug rules to drive up cost of HMO premiums.(HR)
- Newspaper article from: The Kiplinger California Letter February 2, 2005 700+ words
Expect new drug rules to drive up the cost of some HMO premiums. A draft proposal has been issued by the Department of Managed Health Care to back up a 2002 law requiring coverage for medically necessary drugs. The plan exempts only a few pharmaceuticals...
- HMO Premiums to Rise by 17 Percent in 2003, Study Says.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News July 4, 2002 700+ words
...News Jul. 4--HMO premiums will rise by an...Stephen Cigich, a health care consultant who...employees use more health care and as the population...increases in HMO premiums "closely track...contributing to rising health care costs. Larry...
- HMO Premiums Zoom.
- Newspaper article from: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) June 5, 2002 700+ words
...Associates, a leading health care consulting firm, premiums...nationwide that offered health care to more than 1 million...consultant also found that HMO premiums jumped 15.3 percent...said Mike Marotta, a health care consultant with Hewitt...
- California Public Employees' Pension System Raises HMO Premiums.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News June 19, 2003 700+ words
...Business News Jun. 19--A rise in health-care premiums as high as 18 percent -- along...of the nation's largest buyers of health care. Last year, CalPERS approved a 25...dilemma in controlling the high-cost of health care. While admitting that health-care...
- 22 Percent Increase in HMO Premiums Forecast for 2003.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News June 5, 2002 700+ words
...In another sign that health-care costs are continuing...Associates said it expects HMO premiums will rise an average...Lee Reichenbach, a health-care consultant at Hewitt...further notice that health-care costs will continue...
- CalPERS okays record HMO premiums.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Employee Benefit News Gunsauley, Craig June 1, 2002 700+ words
...notes Ken Sperling, health care practice leader for Hewitt...Hewitt Associates finds HMO premiums are increasing in the 20...interest in consumer-driven health care models, but there's not...policy discussions about health care coverage and government intervention...
- LI cost gaps scrutinized: Report card shows price of hospital stays, HMO...
- Newspaper article from: Newsday (Melville, NY) June 27, 2006 700+ words
...teamed up with IPRO, a health care evaluation group, to...the average cost of health care. One finding, for...highlighted the variation in HMO premiums on Long Island. For...to help consumers, health care costs are only part...
Source: HighBeam Research, HMO premiums to rise 25 percent for CalPERS members. (News...