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The Motley Fool July 16, 2009 Brian Orelli	The Doctor Will Video Conference With You Now UnitedHealth Group and networking expert Cisco are setting up a telemedicine network that will include video conferencing and even a remote stethoscope.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2009 Brian Orelli	The Health Benefits of Obama's IT Obsession Digital health records are on their way. Which companies are ready to benefit from this new technology?
The Motley Fool August 28, 2009 Brian Orelli	Your Doctor Is Killing You ... Financially What the doctor does has a big effect on how much health care costs.
The Motley Fool September 30, 2009 Brian Orelli	IT Gets Healthy There's an Apple joke in here somewhere.
The Motley Fool December 2, 2009 Brian Orelli	One Healthy Partnership Health insurer Humana and CVS Caremark's MinuteClinic are expanding their relationship, in what looks like a healthy deal for both sides.
The Motley Fool November 24, 2009 Brian Orelli	"Meaningful Use" Is Meaningfully Undefined The stimulus bill earlier this year provided $34 billion for doctors to trade in their pen and paper for a keyboard and monitor. But Washington wants to make sure the systems it's paying for are contributing to lowering health-care costs.
The Motley Fool January 15, 2009 Brian Orelli	A Clean Bill of Health in 2009 UnitedHealth settles a few lawsuits to start the new year.
BusinessWeek November 5, 2009 Michelle Conlin	The Return of the House Call Companies eager to cut health-care costs may do well to consider the home doctor visits Microsoft offers.
The Motley Fool August 28, 2009 Brian Orelli	Now That's Healthy Innovation UnitedHealth lowers costs through an adherence-incentive program.
The Motley Fool May 27, 2010 Brian Orelli	Now That's What I Call a Healthy Dividend Increase UnitedHealth ups its token dividend substantially.
The Motley Fool January 22, 2010 Brian Orelli	UnitedHealth: Beats Earnings, and Gets Beat Down? UnitedHealth was healthy last quarter, but on Wall Street, it's the future that counts.
The Motley Fool May 3, 2007 Rich Smith	UnitedHealth, Heal Thyself It's the eternal question of the rule maker investor: At what point does a company's market dominance begin to breed arrogance in the company -- and contempt among its customers? Has UnitedHealth reached that point?
The Motley Fool July 20, 2007 Billy Fisher	UnitedHealth Ultimately Unimpressive Despite healthy news in UnitedHealth's quarterly report, investors are still feeling a little unwell about the insurer's medical-care ratio, and the pricing environment.
The Motley Fool April 3, 2008 Brian Orelli	WellPoint Won't Pay The insurance giant refuses to pay for doctors' mistakes.
The Motley Fool May 28, 2009 Brian Orelli	When All Else Fails Save the customer money so they can give it to you.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2007 Jack Uldrich	Big Blue Will See You Now A new medical-records search engine could streamline medical services and improve patient health. This system is just one more reason IBM makes a great blue chip investment.
BusinessWeek June 23, 2011 Drew Armstrong	The Simplest Rx: Check on Your Patient Doctors and insurers cut costs by sharing information.
The Motley Fool July 3, 2008 Brian Orelli	UnitedHealth Isn't Healthy On top of a $0.40-per-share cut in yearly guidance last quarter, the health insurer announces that it's slashing guidance by as much as another $0.60 per share.
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2006 Paul Greenberg	Medical Education: Real-Time CME News-based CME helps doctors stay on top of new medical information and changes in treatment -- before their patients do.
The Motley Fool November 20, 2008 Brian Orelli	Like Coupons, Only Better Companies that provide medical products and services and are lowering their costs should do well in this environment.
Fast Company Elizabeth Segran	Doctor Visits Are So 2014 For scrappy startups, going up against the health care system sometimes seems like an impossible task. But fortunately, major players in the industry, such as McKesson, are pushing for change as well
CIO December 15, 2009 Kim S. Nash	Data Sharing That Benefits Customers At Children's Hospital Boston, sharing more data, securely, promises healthier, more satisfied patients.
Financial Advisor June 2010 Andrew Gluck	Advising Doctors As medical economics change for the worse, both physicians and their financial advisors are getting organized.
CIO August 1, 2005 Susannah Patton	An End to Medical Forms? Patients could keep all their medical information online using iHealthRecord, a new service that Medem (a joint venture of the American Medical Association and six other medical societies) introduced in May.
The Motley Fool April 14, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	UnitedHealth Keeps Growing Strong Can anything slow down this health insurance titan? Investors will probably come out OK even as growth slows down across the industry.
Science News July 18, 2009	Science Past From The Issue Of July 18, 1959 Suggestions were offered for using computerized information to help doctors diagnose illnesses.
The Motley Fool February 14, 2008 Rich Smith	Great Spitzer's Ghost! New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo promises to sue UnitedHealth as part of a wide-ranging investigation into alleged collusion and fraud pervading the health insurance industry.
The Motley Fool April 22, 2009 Brian Orelli	UnitedHealth Rocks; Its Stock Doesn't With all the good news floating around, why is UnitedHealth still trading at 7.3 times the middle of this year's guidance? Alas, there's still plenty of uncertainty hanging over the company.
AskMen.com Dustin Driver	How To Check A Doctor's Credentials Here's a five-step plan to finding a good doctor.
The Motley Fool July 24, 2008 Brian Orelli	UnitedHealth Looking Healthier UnitedHealth Group isn't quite as sick as it appeared earlier this month, when it slashed yearly guidance by as much as $0.60 per share.
BusinessWeek April 23, 2009 Catherine Arnst	Doctors' Pride: A Hurdle to Digital Medicine A forerunner in New England found that some physicians would sooner cut ties than see their elite status threatened.
The Motley Fool October 29, 2011 Frank Vinluan	IBM's Watson Offers a Glimpse Into Health IT's Future The supercomputer will help doctors, not replace them, as one IBM official sees it.
BusinessWeek December 17, 2009 Pat Wechsler	The Coming U.S. Doctor Shortage Health-care reform will mean 30 million more patients -- and bigger crowds in waiting rooms
The Motley Fool February 24, 2009 Brian Orelli	Health Insurers Hammered. Again. Health insurers were blown away by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' announcement that it plans to raise the 2010 Medicare Advantage payment rates by only 0.5%.
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Managed Care July 2006	UnitedHealth Ruling Cites Flaws in System The judge who recently ruled in favor of UnitedHealth Group in a massive class-action suit that has been dragging through the courts since 1999, presented the state of the country's health coverage system as a somewhat dichotomous mess.
AskMen.com Tara Weiss	Reasons Not To Become A Doctor There were once many rewards to being in the medical profession. For decades, doctors earned hefty paychecks, had autonomy and respect. Those benefits are fading, and as a result, so is the number of doctors.
PC Magazine September 26, 2007 Tracy McNamara	Doctors Without Wires New wireless technology could help improve health care and cut medical bills.
The Motley Fool October 22, 2007 Billy Fisher	An Unwavering Approach at UnitedHealth Group UnitedHealth Group repurchases $2 billion of shares during Q3. Their disciplined pricing approach has enabled the company to consistently improve operating margins.
The Motley Fool May 26, 2005 Dayana Yochim	Broken Hip = Bankrupt Retirement? How to keep extreme medical costs from wrecking your retirement.
The Motley Fool May 12, 2009 Brian Orelli	Your Company Is Giving Away Revenue Bad news for investors in the health-care industry: the companies you invest in just pledged to give back 1.5% of their expected U.S. revenue growth to President Obama.
The Motley Fool September 21, 2007 Tom Taulli	athenahealth's Heavenly IPO The health-care software company has a splashy debut on Wall Street, with shares nearly doubling in price.
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The Motley Fool April 20, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Diagnosing Quest Diagnostics Quest should recover from a recent, painful contract loss. Shares trade for a reasonable 17.5 times earnings, and even lower multiple of free cash flow.
The Motley Fool April 12, 2007 Rich Duprey	Foolish Forecast: Checking UnitedHealth's Vitals The health services provider will report its first-quarter 2007 financial results shortly. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool September 13, 2011 Rich Smith	IBM to the ER -- Stat! "Watson" graduates from med school into residency. IBM and WellPoint announced that the health insurer has hired the Watson supercomputer to help its network of doctors diagnose illnesses and suggest treatment options.
The Motley Fool April 23, 2008 Morgan Housel	UnitedHealth: Bargain or Value Trap? A dismal start to 2008 sent the insurer's shares tumbling, and the news keeps getting worse and worse.
The Motley Fool October 17, 2008 Brian Orelli	UnitedHealth Sick for Another Year As employers cut back on the number of employees, they also cut back on the number of people insured. Not a good sign for UnitedHealth and the rest of the health insurers.