Managed Health Care

Aetna (NYSE: AET) today announced the appointment of Richard J. Leonard, 57, as Chief Technology Officer, reporting to Vice President and Chief Information Officer Michael Mathias. Leonard has been head of Systems Architecture and the company's mergers & acquisitions IT services team.

According to Jefferies & Company, HealthSpring (NYSE: HS) management expressed confidence in 2011 membership guidance and signaled long-term double-digit EPS growth after yesterday's management meeting. Jefferies & Company reported that management presented key components that point to HS...

Shares of HealthSpring (NYSE: HS) are higher on the session by 3.86%, currently trading at $38.49. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A short...

Jefferies is increasing its price target on shares of HealthSpring (NYSE: HS) from $38 to $43. “HS reported strong 4Q results Friday morning and provided 2011 EPS guidance 2% above consensus at the midpoint,” Jefferies writes. “From a group-low multiple, shares traded up 8.6% vs S&P 500 gain of...

Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX) was upgraded by Benchmark Co from "hold" to "buy." TWX's shares closed at $38.18 on Friday. Time Warner's PEG ratio is 0.93. Cowen upgraded Humana Inc (NYSE: HUM) from "neutral" to "outperform.” HUM's shares closed at $61.44 on Friday. Humana's trailing-twelve-month...

Citigroup has lowered the price target on HealthSpring (NYSE: HS) from $42 to $30 and maintains its Hold rating.

Analysts at UBS upgrade UnitedHealth Group Inc (NYSE: UNH) from “neutral” to “buy.” The target price for UNH has been raised from $44 to $50. UNH shares gained 0.59% to close at $42.84 on Friday. More Analyst Ratings here

Molina Healthcare's (NYSE: MOH) 4Q EPS was $0.58 versus Goldman Sachs $0.50 and Street consensus of $0.52. Following a strong close to 2010 and the company's reiteration of its 2011- 2012 outlook, Goldman maintains its 2011-2012 EPS of $2.23 and $2.60 and introduce 2013 EPS of $3.00. As with other...

HealthSpring (NYSE: HS) reports its Q4 EPS at $0.88, versus the consensus of $0.77. HS reports its Q4 revenue at $881.57 million, versus the consensus of $781.43 million. HS shares gained 2.74% to close at $34.12 yesterday. Read more from Benzinga's Company news.

AMERIGROUP Corp (NYSE: AGP) reports its Q4 EPS at $1.59, up from $0.79, in the year-ago period. AGP reports its Q4 revenue at $1.59 billion, versus $1.36 billion, in the year-ago quarter. AGP shares gained 0.36% to $56.00 in after-hours trading. Read more from Benzinga's Company news.

Progress Energy Inc (NYSE: PGN) is projected to post its Q4 EPS at $0.44 on revenue of $2.44 billion. Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE: BAM) is projected to post its Q4 EPS at $0.36 on revenue of $3.14 billion. Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB) is estimated to report its FQ2 EPS at $0.72 on revenue of $2...

Molina Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: MOH) today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2010. Net income for the quarter was $17.6 million, or $0.58 per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $4.5 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, for the quarter ended...

Shares of Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) are higher on the session by 1.47%, trading at $61.44. Overall call volume is now running at 2.38x the daily average, with 10% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 5,561 contracts have traded on the session so far. Humana Inc. is a health and...

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WellCare Health Plans Inc (NYSE: WCG) reports its Q4 adjusted EPS at $0.71, beating the consensus of $0.52. WCG reports its Q4 revenue at $1.36 billion, versus the consensus of $1.37 billion. WCG shares lost 1% to close at $34.66 yesterday. Read more from Benzinga's Company news.