Researchers hope information on billions of claims will help them learn why health care can cost so much.
The Vikings won the game but their coach is still on the hot seat.
The National Collegiate Hockey Conference says that it will be reviewing both the no-call and the aftermath.
Cousins' overtime toss to K.J. Osborn earned a 34-28 victory.
A "last attempt" at negotiations failed to produce an agreement last Wednesday.
Minnesota has seen 17 boating-related deaths so far this year.
The Kings defenseman isn't a fan of the Wild star's new deal.
It happened Friday in Cooperstown.
Another Saturday. Another highlight for a Minnesota college hockey team.
The station was due to open on Monday.
A 3-2 victory over the Kings completed a SoCal sweep.
A blatant hook marred a top-four battle in St. Cloud.
It happened Saturday morning near Wadena.
Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth Group Inc. is acquiring a 90 percent stake in Amil Participacoes SA, based in Rio de Janeiro, the Associated Press reports. The largest U.S. health insurer has agreed to pay about $4.9 billion in cash to complete the deal.
Regulators in both Brazil and the United States have approved UnitedHealth Group's plan to buy a major stake of Amil Participacoes, an operator of hospitals and clinics that is also Brazil's biggest managed-care company, Bloomberg reports. The Minnetonka-based health insurer agreed to pay about $4.9 billion for the 90 percent stake in the company.
Now that the federal health care overhaul has been mostly upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, Minnesota officials are working fast to design a online health insurance marketplace for people to enter basic information, learn whether they qualify for subsidies, compare the options and buy a policy.
The Minnetonka-based health insurer has agreed to share more information with federal regulators to root out illicit Medicare billings. UnitedHealth EVP Richard Migliori said, “There are mutual interests here in doing a better job at detecting what’s probably some $80 billion-plus per year in fraudulent payments across private and public sectors." WellPoint Inc and Humana Inc are also participating in the partnership.
The Minnetonka-based health insurer brought in more than $100 billion last year. The Star Tribune reports UnitedHealth is among just 22 publicly traded companies and the first in Minnesota to reach that milestone. Read more ...
Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth Group's third-quarter net income jumped 23 percent, beating expectations, as preparations for retiring Baby Boomers started to pay off for the nation's largest health insurer, the Associated Press reports. UnitedHealth also raised its 2012 earnings forecast.
One task force will design Minnesota's version of a health insurance exchange, which is required under the new federal health care law. The other will look more broadly at ways to cut costs and improve quality in the state's health care system.
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