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We are the largest health benefits company in terms of medical membership in the United States, serving 33.7 million medical members as of December 31, 2009. We are an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, or BCBSA, an association of independent health benefit... More
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- Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 9:26 AM Amerigroup (AGP) rebounds after winning an expanded Medicaid contract extension in Texas, its largest market. Stifel Nicolaus upgrades shares to Buy, saying investors “are rethinking their views of the Medicaid MCOs in the wake of AGP’s disappointing 2Q results... the earnings miss drove an overreaction in the shares relative to pending growth.” AGP +5.1% premarket. Comment! [Healthcare, On the Move]
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 9:00 AM
Premarket gainers: RDN +12%. SM +9%. AGP +6%. ARNA +4%. PMI +4%. SIRI +4%. HCA +3%. BCS +3%.
Losers: INSM -42%. PCS -17%. NVMI -7%. KLIC -6%. ADM -4%. FRO -4%. LYG -3%. CS -4%. MT -3%. ARIA -3%. UBS -3%. ALV -3%. RIO -3%. ITUB -3%. NOK -3%. Comment! [On the Move] - Monday, August 1, 2011, 4:23 PM Health insurance provider Amerigroup (AGP), already hit hard on Friday due to a weak earnings report and cuts in Medicaid reimbursements, fell another 12.6% today on fears of significant Medicare cuts. Barclays is lowering its PT on the firm to $63, citing weak earnings and remarks from the company about "rising health care cost trends." Comment! [Healthcare, On the Move]
- Friday, July 29, 2011, 11:14 AM Medicaid-dependent insurers are hit after a warning from Amerigroup (AGP -18.4%) says the state of Georgia made a sweeping review of its Medicaid records and discovered a number of duplicate payments, which resulted in a $0.16/share charge in Q2. The state is now seeking reimbursement from insurers. WCG -10.6%, CVH -4.8%, CNC -4.4%. 2 Comments [Healthcare, On the Move]
- Friday, July 29, 2011, 10:33 AM More on Amerigroup (AGP -19.7%): trades lower after missing Q2 estimates due to a retroactive premium adjustment in Georgia. The company also lowers guidance, saying it anticipates the of rate renewals "to be more modest than previously expected," and higher medical cost trends are pressuring margins. Comment! [Healthcare, Earnings, On the Move]
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Friday, July 29, 2011, 9:00 AM
Premarket gainers: AHCI +56%. SIFY +15%. EVEP +10%. FCEL +6%. YHOO +4%. VOD +4%. AXL +4%. CHK +3%.
Losers: VPRT -37%. STEC -36%. MILL -20%. AGP -16%. CTCT -16%. NXPI -11%. MMI -6%. IRE -6%. LVLT -3%. S -3%. Comment! [On the Move] - Wednesday, July 27, 2011, 9:28 AM More on Wellpoint (WLP): Q2 beats estimates on strong revenues, but the bottom-line was hit by expenses as the company used a larger portion of premiums to cover senior medical costs. The company sees its senior business continuing to negatively impact margins for the remainder of the year, and lowers its FY forecast. Shares -3.7% premarket. Comment! [Healthcare, On the Move, Earnings]
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011, 9:03 AM
Premarket gainers: QCOR +14%. KEM +10%. NJ +10%. RFMD +6%. LVS +5%. AMZN +5%. AET +4%. BA +3%.
Losers: JNPR -20%. PFCB -11%. ILMN -9%. ALU -7%. AVL -6%. CIEN -6%. LVLT 4 GLW -5%. ING -4%. WLP -3%. HES -3%. LYG -3%. EMR -3%. STD -3%. Comment! [On the Move] - Friday, May 13, 2011, 11:51 AM Health insurers are trading higher after Citi's Carl McDonald bumps six of them to Buy. It's about costs - at a normal level overall, and more expensive inpatient volumes are down, he says, which delivers "big earnings upside over the next couple quarters" if it sticks. AET +1.8%; CI +1.1%; CVH +0.8%; HS +3.1%; UNH flat; WLP +1.5%. Comment! [Healthcare, On the Move, Quick Ideas]
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The Oxen Group
WLP http://stks.co/a1Ma Broke down through its 20 and 50 day MA. MACD crossed signal line. Go short! http://stks.co/c1Mw - View all 1 replies
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vireoman: Good luck. Are you actually following through on your advice or are you simply urging others on?
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The Wall Street Transcript
Tipping Point in Adoption of Health Care Technology; Analyst Discusses $NUAN, $OMCL, $QSII, $UNH, $WLP - http://su.pr/5iZxyi - View all 0 replies
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Alan Brochstein
Thinking of adding $WLP back to my watchlist - very cheap and out of sync with price action of peers - View all 6 replies
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Hillbilly Stock Star: If it's above an 8th grade math level I tend to avoid! LoL! -
Jeremy Johnson: Cheap until the industry gets hit with $14 billion of fees. How much can they pass along?
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