Managed Care Industry in the United States: Healthy and Hungry for Continued Growth

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
  • Strategic Considerations
  • Stakeholder Implications
• Introduction
  • Profi ts, Opportunities Fuel Consolidation Fever
  • Consolidation Heats Up After Part D Hiatus
  • Looking Beyond Wall Street to Regional Plans
  • Michigan
  • The Midwest
  • Friendship Turns to Courtship and Marriage
  • Regional Plans Are Small and Nimble, but Hungry
  • Profi t in Government Work
  • Political Reforms Likely to Play a Role
  • Medicaid Supplies Growth Engines
  • Is "Universal Coverage" the Next Big Thing?
• Blue Plans Diversify, Share the Wealth Bank
  • Starting a Bank
  • Pharmacy Benefi t Management
  • New Database
  • Medicare Alliances
• U.S. Health Insurers Build Partnerships in Risky Markets
  • Blue Joint Venture
  • China Opens Doors
  • Venture Capital on Sidelines
  • Long-Term Strategies Needed
  • Chindex Offers First PPO Plan
  • Building Bridges

Tables

• 1. Top Ten and Bottom Ten States by Medicaid MCO Penetration, 2006
• 2. Large Blue Cross Blue Shield Plans: Revenue and Income, 2005 and 2006
• 3. Blue Healthcare Bank Details

Figures

• 1. Trends in Managed Care Mergers & Acquisitions Activity by Quarter, 2006
• 2. Managed Care Mergers & Acquisitions Versus All Health Care Mergers & Acquisitions, 2005 and 2006
• 3. Top Ten Publicly Traded MCOs by Growth in Enrollment, 2005-2006
• 4. Top Ten Publicly Traded MCOs by Growth in Revenue, 2005-2006
• 5. Global Penetration of Private Health Plans
• 6. Value of Total Health Care Premiums Written in Select Countries with Unsustainable Health Care Programs, 2005