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WellPoint ushers patients to ER alternatives

WellPoint and its affiliated health plans have created an online education program to help consumers find the closest participating emergency room alternatives, Health News Digest reported this week.

Insurer-owned clinics help prevent big hospital bills

Health insurers increasingly are opening their own clinics to help save money. The goal is smarter care, not less care. "It's really just trying to make basic routine services a lot more available,"