Murphy, a veteran of the health care benefits industry, succeeds George Wheeler, who resigned about two months ago.
Based in Kansas City, Coventry Health Care of Kansas covers the national health insurer’s operations throughout Kansas and western Missouri.
Murphy joins Coventry from Mercy Health Plans of Missouri, where he served most recently as CEO.
“We are pleased to [...]
The economy and the Iraq War may be the top concerns of voters this election year, but the cost and availability of health care is close behind.
It’s an issue regularly discussed on the campaign trail, and the next president is likely to seek significant changes in the way health care services are delivered and paid [...]
People in the United States and Western Europe are broadly dissatisfied with their health care systems, a new poll shows, with Americans even more upset than Europeans.
More than 4 in 5 Americans say the U.S. health system needs fundamental changes or even a complete overhaul, according to the poll by Harris Interactive for the International [...]
Call it the law of unintended consequences. When you fix one thing, it messes up other things.
If the Democrats win the election this year, and are able to enact a health care plan that extends adequate coverage to all Americans, the loser could be the Army. Getting enough people to enlist could become a major [...]
While your article points out that I helped draft the principles for universal coverage outlined by the Institute of Medicine in 2004, it may create the impression that UnitedHealth Group was reluctant to support them when faced with a shareholder resolution.
In fact, our company has publicly embraced and acted on its commitment to universal access [...]
A public hearing is to be held on May 30, by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) focusing on the growing health care costs in the United States. The hearing will be part of the NAIC’s Summer National Meeting in San Francisco and is hosted by Health Innovations (B) Working Group.
Members of the Working [...]
Some uninsured Florida residents may get easier access to health care coverage under legislation signed Wednesday by Gov. Charlie Crist.
The new law lets insurance companies offer scaled-back health plans without all the usually required coverages. That might make insurance available to some people for as little as $150 a month, Crist said.
Under the law, some [...]
As college and high school seniors graduate from schools across the state this spring, lawmakers are reminding them to take advantage of a new law that will allow many to stay on their parents‘ health insurance plan until they turn 25.
The new law, which passed in the General Assembly last year and went into effect [...]
Sheri Raves is a third-year nursing student in the Athabasca University at Mount Royal College bachelor of nursing program. This piece on the role nurses play in our healthcare system is part of a class assignment to share with the public more about what nurses do.
What does nursing mean to you? Most people picture a [...]
Wounds and mental disabilities of troops returning from Afghanistan and Iraq can mess up their sex lives too, health experts said Wednesday. But those wounds often go untreated because the topic is taboo and has gone unstudied.
Whatever the reason, failed sexual intimacy can contribute to higher suicide and divorce rates among returning troops, specialists told [...]
