On Thursday, UnitedHealth Group Inc (NYSE:UNH)’s shares declined -1.53% to $122.03.
UnitedHealthcare has declared the winners of its “Well Deserved” award, an annual honor given to employers that have implemented innovative, industry-leading worksite wellness programs that assisted improve their employees’ health and well-being.
Award winners offered a variety of innovative wellness initiatives such as bilingual nurse liaisons, free yoga classes, weight loss challenges, incentives such as gift cards and premium reductions, and onsite flu shots and mammography screenings.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, worksite wellness programs “can improve employee satisfaction, reduce stress, decrease absenteeism and enhance productivity.” UnitedHealthcare data reveal that worksite wellness programs may result in lower medical costs and better primary and preventive health care decisions for employees who take part.
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated operates as a diversified health and well-being company in the United States. The company’s UnitedHealthcare segment offers consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services for national employers, public sector employers, mid-sized employers, small businesses, and individuals; and health care coverage, and health and well-being services to individuals aged 50 and older addressing their needs for preventive and acute health care services.
Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (NASDAQ:SFM)’s shares dropped -2.21% to $23.50.
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (SFM) declared that, effective August 6, 2015, as part of the company’s established leadership succession plan, Doug Sanders, the company’s current president and chief executive officer and member of the board of directors, has been designated executive chairman of the board. Amin Maredia, chief financial officer, will ascend to the position of chief executive officer, and Jim Nielsen, chief operating officer, will assume the position of president and chief operating officer.
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. operates as a specialty retailer of fresh, natural, and organic food in the United States. The company’s stores offer fresh produce, bulk foods, vitamins and supplements, grocery products, meat and seafood products, deli and bakery products, dairy and dairy alternatives, frozen foods, beer and wine, natural health and body care products, and natural household products.
At the end of Thursday’s trade, NextEra Energy Inc (NYSE:NEE)‘s shares dipped -0.20% to $105.75.
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc. recently declared that it will conduct a remarketing of its Series F Debentures due Sept. 1, 2017 (CUSIP No. 65339K AE0), which are presently outstanding in the aggregate principal amount of $650 million, on Aug. 5, 2015 (and, if necessary, on the following two business days). The Debentures were originally issued as part of NextEra Energy, Inc.’s Corporate Units (CUSIP No. 65339F 887) on Sept. 11, 2012 (the “Corporate Units”) in conjunction with a Purchase Contract Agreement, dated as of Sept. 1, 2012 (the “Purchase Contract Agreement”). The Debentures are guaranteed by NextEra Energy Capital Holdings’ parent company, NextEra Energy, Inc. (NEE).
NextEra Energy, Inc., through its auxiliaries, generates, transmits, and distributes electric energy in the United States and Canada. The company generates electricity from gas, oil, solar, coal, petroleum coke, nuclear, and wind sources. As of December 31, 2014, it served about 9 million people through about 4.7 million customer accounts in the east and lower west coasts of Florida.
Inovalon Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:INOV), ended its Thursday’s trading session with -23.11% loss, and closed at $19.53.
Inovalon (INOV), a leading technology company providing advanced, cloud-based analytics and data-driven intervention platforms to the healthcare industry, recently declared a new, multi-year agreement with HP (HPQ) to provide an industry-leading solution for healthcare quality analytics for the State of Georgia Department of Community Health’s (DCH) Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids(R) programs.
With the increasing importance of clinical and quality outcomes in Medicare Advantage, managed Medicaid, Commercial, accountable care organizations (ACOs) and other value-based programs, sophisticated analytical platforms have become critical within the healthcare landscape. While advanced quality analytics are necessary tools for the myriad of payer and provider organizations, so too are they increasingly needed by the federal, state and local government programs responsible for awarding, overseeing and regulating their constituent healthcare initiatives. As a result, these government programs are increasingly in need of advanced capabilities to monitor quality performance and determine areas of success and challenge within populations of very large scale. Applying Inovalon’s advanced data aggregation and analysis capabilities allows government organizations to not only measure and monitor accurately on quality performance, but also to proactively and predictably assist improve quality outcomes with a strong eye on performance and intervention effectiveness, accountability and efficacy.
Inovalon Holdings, Inc., a technology company, provides advanced cloud-based data analytics and data-driven intervention platforms to the healthcare industry in the United States. Its platforms enable its clients to achieve meaningful insight and improvement in clinical and quality outcomes, utilization, and financial performance. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Bowie, Maryland.
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