Dan Bowman

Biography for Dan Bowman

Dan Bowman serves as senior editor of all of Fierce's Health IT publications (FierceHealthIT, FierceMobileHealthcareFierceEMR and FierceMedicalImaging), and contributes to Fierce's other healthcare publications. Prior to joining FierceMarkets in 2008, Dan worked as a sports copy editor for several newspapers, including the Washington Post and the Washington Times. He's a huge basketball fan (playing and watching), religiously follows the Knicks and loves a good book. He's based at FierceMarkets' main office in Washington, D.C., and can be reached at [email protected]. You can also follow his tweets @FierceHealthIT and find him on LinkedIn.

Articles by Dan Bowman

Allen Wise - 2009 Insurance CEO Compensation

Allen Wise - Coventry Health Care (NYSE: CVH) Total 2009 Compensation: $17,427,789 Compensation breakdown: Base salary of $584,243 Signing bonus of $2,750,000 Stock awards of $4,296,000 Option

Ron Williams - 2009 Insurance CEO Compensation

Ron Williams - Aetna (NYSE: AET) Total 2009 Compensation: $18,058,162 Compensation breakdown: Base salary of $1,095,785 Stock awards of $4,300,011 Option awards of $9,887,890 Non-equity incentive

WellPoint profits soared 51 percent in Q1 but should have been higher, Braly says

After yesterday's announcement that health insurance giant WellPoint exceeded financial expectations by earning $877 million in net income for the first quarter of 2010, up 51 percent from the $580

WellPoint, UnitedHealth Group announce changes in their use of rescission

Under pressure from Congress and growing criticism from providers and patient right groups, health insurance giant WellPoint announced yesterday that it will begin implementing rescission reform on

California hospitals overbilled insurers to make up for lost profits, analysis concludes

For months, health insurance companies--Anthem Blue Cross of California, in particular--have blamed the rising cost of healthcare on skyrocketing insurance rates. Now, there's some proof. An analysis

UnitedHealth report projects $366B in potential Medicaid savings; some skeptical of motives

The federal and state governments could save $366 billion over the next 10 years through an update to Medicaid's technology, a greater reliance on coordinated care techniques and moving more Medicaid

UnitedHealth's Stephen Hemsley earned nearly $9 million in 2009, big pay increase over 2008

The executive compensation of UnitedHealth Group President Stephen Hemsley shot up to $8.9 million last year, up from $3.24 million in 2008, according to the health insurer's latest proxy statement.

Aetna CEO Ron Williams earned $18 million in 2009, six percent less than previous year

Despite a 6 percent pay cut, Aetna CEO Ron Williams' compensation in 2009 was valued at more than $18 million, making his pay package $5 million higher than WellPoint's Angela Braly. Braly, you may