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The acquisition of HealthSpring, another insurer, for $3.8 billion last year helped lift Cigna Corp.'s net income by 49 percent in the fourth quarter.

More than half of doctors are unaware of the so-called Sunshine Act, a provision of health reform thats intended to expose financial relationships between drug and device manufacturers and certain health care providers.

Just 16 percent of eligible workers took time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act last year to recover from an illness, care for a new child or tend to a sick relative, according to a government report released on the laws 20th anniversary Tuesday. Most employers said the...

CVS Caremark's fourth-quarter earnings climbed 6 percent, as new customers and Medicare prescription drug plans helped its pharmacy benefits management business, and revenue from the chain's established drugstores grew.

More and more workers are planning to work longerpurely so that they can keep their health benefits.

State officials are looking at ways to lower the growth of Alaska's health care costs, including an alternate retiree plan and developing an employee wellness program.