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Primary-care doctors who provide better quality care to members of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield will receive larger reimbursements, said Anthem Ohio Medical Director Barry Malinowski, M.D. Physicians who do more to make sure patients insured by Anthem receive preventative care, comply with medications and cut hospital admissions will be ... (more)

Primary care doctors who provide better quality care to members of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield will receive larger reimbursements, said Anthem Ohio Medical Director Dr.

WellPoint, Inc. announced on Wednesday the closing of its northeast side facility because of the loss of a government contract.

Editor's note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly said National Government Services Inc.

HealthCare Partners, the Torrance owner of physician groups in Southern California, Nevada and Florida, agreed to be acquired in a $4.42-billion deal by dialysis chain DaVita Inc., as large healthcare companies continue snapping up doctor groups and clinics.

Milwaukee ranked 30th in the American College of Sports Medicine's 2012 American Fitness Indexa data report.

Recent studies predict that obesity could affect 42 percent of Americans by 2030 - with 11 percent severely obese.

WellPoint " rejected a call for more disclosure about the health insurer's political contributions Wednesday during a shout-filled, contentious annual meeting." Union representatives "repeatedly interrupted Chairwoman and CEO Angela Braly after she opened the meeting" and "one person presented a petition she said was signed by 15,000 people asking ... (more)

Get Business Mobile Text AlertsA union that represents state and municipal workers wants its health insurer's parent company, WellPoint Inc., to stop giving money to political organizations that the union says is 'hurting American families.'

Southwest Airlines Co. is doubling its $500 million share buyback program to $1 billion and raising its quarterly dividend to 1 cent per share.

WellPoint shareholders are rejecting a call for more disclosure about the health insurer's political contributions after a shout-filled, contentious annual meeting.

WellPoint Inc. shareholders rejected a call for more disclosure about the health insurer's political contributions Wednesday during a shout-filled, contentious annual meeting.

WellPoint shareholders are rejecting a call for more disclosure about the health insurer's political contributions after a shout-filled, contentious annual meeting.

U.S. Rep. Mike Pence, the Republican nominee for governor, will begin his TV ad campaign today.

In trading on Friday, shares of WellPoint Inc crossed above their 200 day moving average of $66.48, changing hands as high as $66.51 per share.

For the second time in a month, WellPoint Inc. has notified the city of Thousand Oaks that it will lay off people in June.

The 2012 Fortune 500 list includes a record 18 firms led by female CEOs, with 10 featuring in the top 250.

Indiana placed six companies on the new Fortune 500 list of the largest public U.S. companies, one more than last year.

Fitch Ratings assigned its long-term Issuer Default Rating of 'A' on WellPoint Inc.

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