Tom Murphy

• WellPoint’s first quarter beats expectations

  By Tom Murphy  |  April 24, 2013

  WellPoint Inc.'s first-quarter earnings rose about 3 percent to trump analysts' expectations, as the nation's second largest health insurer saw a revenue gain from an acquisition. It also raised its 2013 net income forecast.

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  UnitedHealth warns of Medicare profit squeeze

  By Tom Murphy  |  April 18, 2013

  UnitedHealth Group, the largest provider of Medicare Advantage plans, warned Thursday that funding cuts for the privately-run versions of the federal Medicare program will force it to reconsider its expectations for earnings growth next year.

• UnitedHealth’s first-quarter profit tumbles

  By Tom Murphy  |  April 18, 2013

  UnitedHealth Group's first-quarter earnings sank 14 percent, as medical costs dulled enrollment-fueled revenue gains for the nation's largest health insurer, which also expects federal budget cuts will pressure its performance the rest of the year.

• UnitedHealth reports first-quarter numbers this week

  By Tom Murphy  |  April 17, 2013

  UnitedHealth Group Inc. will give investors and analysts an initial look at how 2013 is developing for health insurers when it reports first-quarter results on Thursday.

• Walgreen clinics expand care into chronic illness

  By Tom Murphy  |  April 4, 2013

  Walgreen Co. has stretched the reach of its drugstore clinics beyond treating ankle sprains and sinus infections to handling chronic diseases such as diabetes, asthma and high blood pressure.

• Walgreen fiscal second-quarter profit climbs 11 percent

  By Tom Murphy  |  March 19, 2013

  Drugstore chain Walgreen's fiscal second-quarter earnings climbed 11 percent, helped by contributions from European health and beauty retailer Alliance Boots, a business sale gain, and its new contract with Express Scripts Holding Co.

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  Insurers warn of overhaul-induced sticker shock

  By Tom Murphy  |  March 13, 2013

  Some Americans could see their insurance bills double next year as the health care overhaul law expands coverage to millions of people.

• WellPoint board OKs dividend hike

  By Tom Murphy  |  February 21, 2013

  WellPoint Inc. said it plans to raise the quarterly dividend it pays shareholders by 30 percent, an announcement that comes about week after the health insurer's stock started slipping after it named a new CEO.

• Insurer stocks slip over possible Medicare cuts

  By Tom Murphy  |  February 19, 2013

  Health insurance stocks are wobbling after data released by the federal government pointed to possible steep Medicare Advantage payment cuts in 2014.

• Medicare Advantage stocks slip

  By Tom Murphy  |  February 19, 2013

  Shares of several health insurers started slipping Tuesday before markets opened on the first trading day after the federal government released preliminary data that points to a steeper-than-expected rate cuts for Medicare Advantage plans in 2014.