Health Net Inc.

Kaiser Permanente got a perfect four stars for medical care on an annual HMO score card that California officials hope consumers will use to shop for health coverage. The state's largest health maintenance organization consistently comes out on top in...

Health Net executives told investors this week they're considering a sale and other options for underperforming operations in Arizona and the Northeast, where it has 225,000 Connecticut members. The California-based company considers those operations and...

A.M. Best Co. changed its outlook on CIGNA ratings to negative from stable Friday, and downgraded some Health Net companies while affirming a B+ (good) financial strength rating on Health Net of Connecticut, but with a negative outlook. Best affirmed...

Several Connecticut health plans fared well in the fourth annual America's Best Health Plans rankings released today, and the state's Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield made the Top 10. Anthem of Connecticut took seventh place among 239 commercial...

Disappointing profits and lowered earnings forecasts sent Health Net's stock tumbling Tuesday after the health insurer reported higher than expected medical costs and falling enrollment. The California-based company, which bases its Northeast operation...

Disappointing profits and lowered earnings forecasts sent Health Net's stock tumbling Tuesday after the health insurer reported higher than expected medical costs and falling enrollment. The California-based company, with Northeast operations in Shelton,...

Woodland Hills-based insurer Health Net Inc. announced a management realignment Tuesday amid weak profit and a downward revision of its earnings projections for 2008 that sent shares sliding. The company posted third-quarter earnings of 17 cents a share....

First of three parts Jennifer and Greg Danylyshyn of Pasadena are conscientious parents. They keep proper car seats in their used BMW, organic vegetables in the family diet and the pediatrician's number by the phone. They don't have access to the...

Last of three parts In late 2007, Centinela Hospital in Inglewood was losing nearly $1 million a month and had piled up $15 million in debt. Among the causes of the crisis: $25 million in overdue bills. Collecting that money would have given Centinela a...

In a continuing state crackdown on health insurers, Health Net Inc. of Woodland Hills has agreed to offer new coverage -- no questions asked -- to 926 people whose policies it canceled after they got sick. One of the state's largest insurers, Health...

The Los Angeles city attorney's office has expanded its probe of patient cancellations to the state's largest for-profit insurer, Blue Cross of California. A letter sent to the insurer last week asked Blue Cross President Leslie Margolin to substantiate...

Lawmakers and regulators took aim at California health insurers Tuesday in efforts aimed at making sure they cover members' medical needs and pay physicians and hospitals what they owe them -- and on time. A day after the state Senate killed Gov....