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Best's Review: the Boom in Multiple Births Is Costing Health Insurers Dearly, Best's Review Magazine Reports

Published in Healthcare Mergers, Acquisitions and Ventures Week, December 22nd, 2007

Best's Review's cover story, "Baby Boom," reveals how the growing incidence of multiple birth events has health carriers scrambling for ways to curb ever-rising expenses, particularly those involving complications and hospitalization stays of premature babies. Senior Associate Editor Lori Chordas reports most health plans haven't quantified the total annual financial hit they're taking from gestation-related costs involving multiple fetuses.

Multiple births are on the rise due to increased use of fertility therapies. Kaiser Permanente reports that of the 125,000 babies born in its Northern California region between 2003 and 2006, two in 100 deliveries were twins and one...

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Source: Healthcare Mergers, Acquisitions and Ventures Week (2007-12-22)

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