Credit cards are like relationships. It’s sometimes hard to break up and the split may hurt you more than the other party. While it may feel good to cut up that credit card, losing the available credit could hurt your credit score and raise the costs of future loans. Closing a credit card account...
Aetna (NYSE: AET) announced today a national Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) program that will begin in Connecticut and New Jersey. The program recognizes primary care physicians (PCPs) who more actively coordinate and manage their patients’ care across the health care system. By strengthening the role of PCPs, the PCMH program aims to improve patient...
The four major email services are working together to reduce the millions of phishing emails crooks send to us hoping to trick consumers to give them secret passwords for financial accounts. According to the Wall Street Journal, Google Inc., Yahoo Inc., Microsoft Corp. and AOL Inc. launched the effort today. ”The companies—along with others...
In a move that could result in a reduction of health costs, two major health insurance companies have decided to increase reimbursements to front-line health care providers – primary physicians. Aetna and WellPoint think that by increasing financial rewards to primary physicians – instead of cutting their reimbursements – use of emergency care as...