With its growth, Amerigroup will need all the computer-generated insight that its IT group can create.
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Amerigroup is expected to function as a fully owned subsidiary of Wellpoint and further expected to retain all key management.
Other competitors in the healthcare sector include: Magellan Health Services (MGLN), AMERIGROUP Corporation (AGP), and American Dental Partners (ADPI).
Amerigroup goes through its database looking for signals such as repeated, and expensive, emergency room visits for a patient with asthma.
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The combined Amerigroup-Wellpoint is poised to reap a windfall of government payments.
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Amerigroup Corp shares are currently trading off about 3% on the day.
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This is why states offload these programs to companies like Amerigroup and Coventry, and why many states do not want the programs expanded under Obamacare.
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Amerigroup was another one which was a healthcare business.
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On the earnings front, expect to hear from Aveo Pharmaceutials (AVEO) and Avon Products (AVP) on Tuesday, CenturyLink (CTL) on Wednesday, Cloud Peak Energy (CLD) on Thursday, and Amerigroup (AGP) on Friday.
Virginia based Amerigroup has developed a reputation for profitability while, at the same time, innovating programs designed to better serve Medicaid beneficiaries and to improve the quality of care they receive while saving states money in the process.
Among the largest underlying components of VB, in trading today Royal Gold, Inc. ( NASD: RGLD) is up about 0.4%, Cooper Companies, Inc. ( NYSE: COO) is down about 0.9%, and Amerigroup Corp ( NYSE: AGP) is relatively unchanged.
Among the largest underlying components of FXH, in trading today Amerigroup Corp ( NYSE: AGP) is up about 0.1%, Tenet Healthcare Corp. ( NYSE: THC) is up about 1%, and Community Health Systems, Inc. ( NYSE: CYH) is up by about 1%.
Tight budgets are leading more states to turn to managed care, and Amerigroup is ready with physicians, nurses, nutritionists and active outreach which is especially for pregnant women and young mothers and people with chronic diseases like congestive heart failure or diabetes.
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Among the largest underlying components of FXH, in trading today Amerigroup Corp ( NYSE: AGP) is up about 1.8%, Community Health Systems, Inc. ( NYSE: CYH) is up about 3.7%, and Coventry Health Care Inc. ( NYSE: CVH) is up by about 2.5%.
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Many doctors are paid bundled rates by health plans like Humana (HUM), Amerigroup, a subsidiary of Wellpoint (WLP), Aetna (AET) or UnitedHealth Group (UNH) or physicians may be employees and are therefore paid through their clinic, practice or other entity, complicating the rollout of the pay increase.
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