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• Midday Glance: Managed Care companies

  Cigna Corp. fell$. 22 or. 4 percent, to $57.93. Coventry Health Care Inc. fell$. 15 or. 3 percent, to $46.22. Humana Inc. rose$. 02 or percent, to $73.88.

• Early Glance: Managed Care companies

  Cigna Corp. rose$. 15 or. 3 percent, to $58.30. Coventry Health Care Inc. fell$. 07 or. 2 percent, to $46.30. Humana Inc. rose$. 28 or. 4 percent, to $74.14.

• Final Glance: Managed Care companies

  Cigna Corp. rose$. 77 or 1.3 percent, to $58.15. Coventry Health Care Inc. rose$. 48 or 1.0 percent, to $46.37. Humana Inc. rose $1.28 or 1.8 percent, to $73.86.

• Midday Glance: Managed Care companies

  Cigna Corp. rose$. 53 or. 9 percent, to $57.91. Coventry Health Care Inc. rose$. 31 or. 7 percent, to $46.20. Humana Inc. rose $1.11 or 1.5 percent, to $73.69.

• Early Glance: Managed Care companies

  Cigna Corp. rose$. 51 or. 9 percent, to $57.89. Coventry Health Care Inc. rose$. 35 or. 8 percent, to $46.24. Humana Inc. rose$. 49 or. 7 percent, to $73.07.

• UPDATE 2-AmerisourceBergen net up as new contract boosts revs

  Jan 24- Pharmaceutical distributor AmerisourceBergen Corp said on Thursday that quarterly earnings rose as revenue was boosted after it won a contract with giant pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts earlier this year.

• Final Glance: Managed Care companies

  Cigna Corp. rose$. 24 or. 4 percent, to $57.38. Coventry Health Care Inc. rose$. 10 or. 2 percent, to $45.89. Humana Inc. rose$. 65 or. 9 percent, to $72.58.

• Midday Glance: Managed Care companies

  Cigna Corp. rose$. 05 or. 1 percent, to $57.19. Coventry Health Care Inc. fell$. 02 or percent, to $45.77. Humana Inc. rose$. 31 or. 4 percent, to $72.24.

• Early Glance: Managed Care companies

  Cigna Corp. fell$. 36 or. 6 percent, to $56.78. Coventry Health Care Inc. fell$. 17 or. 4 percent, to $45.62. Humana Inc. fell$. 07 or. 1 percent, to $71.86.

• Final Glance: Managed Care companies

  Cigna Corp. rose$. 81 or 1.4 percent, to $57.14. Coventry Health Care Inc. rose$. 58 or 1.3 percent, to $45.79. Humana Inc. rose$. 53 or. 7 percent, to $71.93.

• Midday Glance: Managed Care companies

  Cigna Corp. rose$. 17 or. 3 percent, to $56.50. Coventry Health Care Inc. rose$. 35 or. 8 percent, to $45.56. Humana Inc. rose$. 20 or. 3 percent, to $71.60.

• Early Glance: Managed Care companies

  Cigna Corp. fell$. 05 or. 1 percent, to $56.28. Coventry Health Care Inc. rose$. 06 or. 1 percent, to $45.27. Humana Inc. fell$. 08 or. 1 percent, to $71.32.

• Aetna to sell Missouri Medicaid as part of Coventry deal

  Jan 22- Aetna Inc said on Tuesday it agreed to sell its Missouri Medicaid business to WellCare Health Plans Inc as part of its purchase of Coventry Health Care Inc because their combined Missouri businesses had exceeded Medicaid membership limits.

• UPDATE 1-Moody's keeps negative outlook for non-profit hospitals

  WASHINGTON, Jan 22- Moody's Investors Service said on Tuesday its outlook for U.S. not-for-profit hospitals will remain negative in 2013, marking the fifth year the rating agency has expressed concerns about the sector.

• Here’s How to Save $2 Trillion on Health Care

  

  Making the health care system function better could save $2 trillion on health costs over the next decade, Dr. David Blumenthal, Commonwealth Fund president, told CNBC on Friday.

• Major Flu Outbreak Could Slow US Economy Further

  

  One of the worst flu seasons in a decade is putting further strains on an already sluggish U.S. economy as companies get slammed with increased health care costs and lower productivity from widespread worker absences.

• Let Americans Shop for Health Care: Athenahealth CEO

  

  A patch to stop the reimbursement cuts to doctors who treat Medicare patients included in the "cliff" deal doesn’t address patient disengagement from the health care process, Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush told CNBC on Wednesday.

• Storm-damaged New York hospital partially reopens its doors

  NEW YORK, Dec 27- The NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City partially reopened its inpatient facilities on Thursday, nearly two months after it was flooded by Superstorm Sandy and sustained damages that could exceed $1 billion.

• Obamacare Tax Hikes May Just Be Getting Started

  

  It's hard to see how lawmakers can avoid touching health insurance if they want to eliminate loopholes and curtail deductions so as to raise revenue and lower tax rates.

• Medicare Premium Increase Plan Redefines 'Well-Off'

  

  Income-based premium hikes are likely part of any budget deal, and would eventually affect one in four retirees.