WellCare's 利益(をあげる) 急に上がるs as enrollments jump, costs 減少(する)

Feb 7 (Reuters) - WellCare Health 計画(する)s Inc's 年4回の 利益(をあげる) more than 3倍になるd, handily (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域ing 分析家s' 見積(る)s, driven by strong growth in enrolments in its Medicaid 計画(する)s and lower costs in its Medicare 商売/仕事.

Like other health 保険会社s 焦点(を合わせる)d on 政府-sponsored 計画(する)s for the underinsured or uninsured, WellCare has been 利益ing from the 拡大 of the Medicaid program under the Affordable Care 行為/法令/行動する (ACA), popularly known as Obamacare.

But, such 保険会社s have come under 圧力 に引き続いて 試みる/企てるs by the 共和国の/共和党のs to 廃止する and 取って代わる the 行為/法令/行動する.

WellCare, which got two-thirds of its 歳入 from Medicaid 計画(する)s in 2016, said 会員の地位 in the 商売/仕事 増加するd by 156,000 in the fourth-4半期/4分の1 ended Dec. 31.

The 新規加入s were おもに 予定 to the company's 取得/買収 of Care1st Arizona.

However, the 量 WellCare spent on 医療の (人命などを)奪う,主張するs out of the 賞与金s it earned, a 重要な 手段 of costs known as 医療の 利益s 割合 (MBR), rose in the Medicaid 商売/仕事.

The metric 増加するd to 87.2 パーセント from 86.3 パーセント in the 商売/仕事.

The company's MBR fell to 85.8 パーセント from 88.7 パーセント in Medicare and to 58.9 パーセント from 67.3 パーセント in the Medicare Prescription 麻薬 計画(する)s 商売/仕事s. Both were 井戸/弁護士席 below 分析家s' 見積(る)s.

The 改良 in the Medicare Prescription 麻薬 計画(する)s was 予定 to lower 麻薬 prices und er a renegotiated CVS 契約, Piper Jaffray & Co 分析家 Sarah James wrote in a (弁護士の)依頼人 公式文書,認める.

WellCare has been 支えるing its Medicare Advantage 商売/仕事, as 保険会社s look to 相殺する any likely 攻撃する,衝突する from a possible 廃止する and 取って代わる of Obamacare.

The company in November agreed to buy smaller 競争相手 全世界の/万国共通の American Corp for about $600 million, in a 取引,協定 that will 追加する Medicare Advantage members in Texas and New York.

Enrollment in Medicare Advantage 計画(する)s rose about 7 パーセント in the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs last year.

WellCare's 逮捕する income rose to $44.9 million, or $1 per 株, in the three months ended Dec. 31, from $13.0 million, or 29 cents per 株, a year earlier.

除外するing items, the company earned $1.03 cents per 株.

歳入 rose to $3.52 billion from $3.50 billion.

分析家 on 普通の/平均(する) had 推定する/予想するd adjusted 収入s of 52 cents per 株 and 歳入 of $3.56 billion, によれば Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. (報告(する)/憶測ing by Divya Grover in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty and Sriraj Kalluvila)

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