Article: The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C., Healthcare Column.

Article: Medicare HMO Shakeout.
Best's Review;  May 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... County, a member of a Medicare HMO pays no annual premium ... according to HCFA. South Carolina joined the ranks of those without a Medicare HMO option in 2000. Sixteen ... of residents without Medicare HMO access increase in 2000 ...

Article: Actual 2001 Medicare HMO Market Withdrawal Impact ...
Business Wire;  July 27, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... released analysis of the final 2001 Medicare HMO market withdrawal data issued from the ... While it's clear that 934,000 Medicare HMO beneficiaries are affected by withdrawal ... findings are that the overall impact of Medicare HMO market withdrawals for 2001 may be less ...

Article: Davis, Calif., Health System Warns of Possible Exit from ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  July 17, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... losing millions of dollars caring for Medicare HMO enrollees and must cut the losses or ... costs either and are refusing to take Medicare HMO patients, said Tricia Neumann, a Medicare ... aware that when they sign up (for a Medicare HMO), it's not a lifetime contract ...

Article: Medica drops Medicare HMO in Anoka County.(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  July 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... will be forced to shop for a new Medicare HMO. Medica Health Plans said Wednesday that it will withdraw its Medicare HMO from Anoka County, a move that ... nationwide who will be looking for a new Medicare HMO for next year because of pullbacks ...

Article: Medicare HMO Recipients in Colorado Springs, Colo., ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  July 4, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... Jul. 1 -- Unlike about 200,000 Medicare HMO recipients in other cities across the country, most local Medicare HMO members will not be forced to change ... plans next year. However, local Medicare HMO members, along with millions of ...

Article: MEDICARE HMO WILL QUIT FIVE COUNTIES IN ...
St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO);  November 7, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... subscribers that it intends to cease Medicare HMO coverage Dec. 31. Betty Yokubat of ... that Advantra, Group Health Plan's Medicare HMO, is withdrawing from Monroe County ... she will be able to switch to another Medicare HMO. "You think, 'If I have to do this ...

Article: Medicare HMO Benefits Expected To Change in ...
San Diego Business Journal;  November 22, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... be asked of a current or prospective Medicare HMO. In fact, it's a good idea to ask ... How many members are enrolled in the Medicare HMO? Does this membership represent a significant ... market for the long-term. * Does the Medicare HMO offer added-value benefits, such ...