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Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals Report Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, and their subsidiaries (KFHP/H) reported today a combined total operating revenue of $10.5 billion for the quarter ended June 30, 2009, compared to $10.1 billion in the second quarte...

XTENT Announces Plan for NASDAQ Delisting and Filing of Certificate of Dissolution

MENLO PARK, Calif., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- XTENT, Inc. (Nasdaq: XTNT ) today announced that it has provided written notice to The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. ("NASDAQ") of its intention to voluntarily delist its common stock from the NASDAQ Global Market. The Company currently ...

Sen. Brown, Hacker, to Release New Paper On How Public Plan in House and Senate Bills Measure Up

Sen. Sherrod Brown, Public Health Insurance Option Author Jacob Hacker To Brief Reporters On Where Key Elements of Reform Stand, Need To Hold Insurers Accountable WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sen. Sherrod Brown , D-Ohio, will join health care expert Jacob Ha...

Employers Recognize Potential Impact of Employee Health Management on Future Plan Costs

Financial Incentives Rank High In Developing Better Health Care Consumers Indianapolis, Indiana (PRWEB) August 2, 2009 -- United Benefit Advisors, LLC (UBA), one of the nation's leading employee benefits advisory organizations reveals survey data sighting cost sharing t...

In Case You Missed It: The Washington Post's Ruth Marcus: A Bipartisan Plan on Health Care? Try Two

Says BPC's health care proposal "would expand coverage and control costs" WASHINGTON, July 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In today's Washington Post, columnist Ruth Marcus praised the Bipartisan Policy Center's (BPC) plan for reforming health care, entitled: "Cros...

RetireSafe Blasts AARP for Supporting Plan to Pay for Health Care on the Backs of Seniors

Seniors Group Calls AARP's Support of Obama's Rationing-by-Bureaucrat Proposal an Outrage to Older Americans WASHINGTON, July 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the 400,000 strong senior-citizen group RetireSafe blasted AARP for endorsing the plan presented by President Obama...

Medicare Drug Plan Still Needs Work

More are covered, but gaps in coverage and other problems persist, analysis shows,, WEDNESDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) -- The number of older Americans with access to prescription drug coverage has ballooned since Medicare's Part D program was rolled out almost four years ago, a new a...

House Democrats' Health Plan Contains Words of Coercion -- Not Choice -- Text Analysis Shows

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- House Democrats use words such as "choice" in stump speeches on behalf of their recently introduced health care legislation, but according to an analysis by the National Taxpayers Union Foundation (NTUF), the actual text of the bil...

NIH Plan Charts Course to Better Treatments and Cure for Most Common Known Genetic Cause of Autism: Fragile X

WALNUT CREEK, Calif., July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) research is moving closer to finding a cure with the recent approval by The National Institutes of Health (NIH) of a comprehensive plan created by a group of leading scientists, parents and advocates. The Co...

URAC Seeks Public Input on New Uniform External Review Standards for Health Plan and Health Utilization Management Organizations

Public Comment Period Open for New Standards Aligned with NAIC Model Act WASHINGTON, July 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- URAC , a leading health care accreditation and education organization, today requested public input on a proposed new, optional set of standards fo...

A New Government-Run Plan Would Impose Significant Financial Losses on California Hospitals

WASHINGTON, July 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Many California hospitals would face substantial net losses if there were a large scale shift of individuals with private coverage to a government-run plan that reimburses providers at Medicare rates or Medicare rates plus 10 per...

FDA OKs Single-Dose Plan B Emergency Contraceptive

Drug will also be made available to 17-year-olds without prescription, company says MONDAY, July 13 (HealthDay News) -- A single-pill version of the Plan B emergency contraceptive has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The drug previously was available in a two-pil...

U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Xanodyne Agree on a Plan to Keep Propoxyphene-Containing Products Available as Treatment Options for the Management of Mild to Moderate Pain

NEWPORT, Ky., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has reached an agreement with the FDA to keep propoxyphene-containing products Darvon(R) (propoxyphene hydrochloride), Darvon-N(R) (propoxyphene napsylate), Darvocet-N(R) 50 & Darvocet-N(R) 100 (propoxyphene napsylate and acet...

SCAN Health Plan Selects Kathy Taylor-Laws as Vice President of Network Management Services

PHOENIX, July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- SCAN Health Plan announced today that it has hired Kathy Taylor-Laws as its vice president of network management services, effective immediately. Taylor-Laws brings more than 25 years of experience in healthcare leadership. As vice president Taylor-Laws will be...

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Expands Low-Cost 'BlueSelect' Health Plan to Five Florida Counties

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc. (BCBSF) has partnered with numerous health care providers in Broward, Charlotte, Hernando, Pasco, and Polk Counties to offer BlueSelect(R), a low-cost health care plan. This affordable option features a communit...

Arizona's AM 1230 KOY to be Broadcast from SCAN Health Plan Studios

PHOENIX, July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- SCAN Health Plan of Arizona has announced that AM 1230 KOY will begin broadcasting from SCAN Health Plan Studios today. This partnership allows SCAN Health Plan to regularly share its health-related messages with area seniors through weekly interviews and weekend sh...

Policymakers, Experts, Public Agree: Physical Activity Plan Needed

Strategy will help prevent disease, lower health care costs INDIANAPOLIS, July 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dozens of the nation's leading organizations in health care, science, medicine and public health are meeting in Washington, D.C., this week with one goal in mind: to develop a national ...

Allegiant Professional Business Services Inc. Offers PPO Health Insurance Plan as Low as $199

ANAHEIM, Calif., June 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Allegiant Professional Business Services Inc. (Pink Sheets: APRO) is pleased to announce that in the spirit of the national drive to health care, it is now offering its PEO staffed employees high-quality health care coverage, subject to underwriti...

University of Maryland Company Trauma Solutions Named Finalist in $250K Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Cisco Systems Global Business Plan Competition

COLLEGE PARK, Md., June 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Trauma Solutions, a company developing the first and only synthetic, hemostatic material capable of simultaneously inducing blood clotting and delivering therapeutics, has been named a finalist in the $250K Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Cisco Sys...

UPMC and UPMC Health Plan Recognized by National Business Group on Health As a Leading Employer Promoting Healthy Lifestyles for Its Employees

UPMC and UPMC Health Plan One of 17 Platinum-Level Award winners PITTSBURGH, June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- UPMC and UPMC Health Plan have been honored by the National Business Group on Health (NBGH) as one of the nation's leading corporations for innovative programs that promote a healthy workplac...

Leading Health Plan Utilizes MEDai Solution to Reduce Hospital Admissions and Target Interventions

ORLANDO, Fla., June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- MEDai, Inc., a leading provider of predictive analytic solutions headquartered in Orlando, FL, announced today that Geisinger Health Plan, one of its premier clients, has significantly reduced hospital admissions and found savings opportunities through its Me...

Watson Pharmaceuticals Receives FDA Approval For Generic PLAN B(R)

MORRISTOWN, N.J., June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI ), a leading specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that its subsidiary, Watson Laboratories, Inc., has received approval today from the United States Food and Drug Administration on its Abbrev...

41 Keystone Mercy Health Plan Members to Receive Scholarships from the Plan's Employees

Employee-Sponsored Program Helps Medical Assistance Members, of All Ages, in Philadelphia, Bucks, Montgomery, Chester and Delaware Counties Go Back to School Philadelphia (Vocus) June 23, 2009 -- Keystone Mercy Health Plan , the largest Medical Assistance managed care...

Get Online Quotes Offers "Miami Dade Blue", A Blue Cross Blue Shield Plan As Part of Their Florida Health Insurance Offerings

Get Online Quotes now offers Miami Dade Blue plans, along with their other FL health insurance options. Miami, FL (PRWEB) June 20, 2009 -- Get Online Quotes, an independent agency specializing in health insurance in Florida, recently announced they now offer Miami Dade...

DaVita.com Provides Easy Recipes to Plan Your Father's Day Dinner

DaVita Offers Nearly 600 Kidney-Friendly Recipes to Meet Kidney Care Needs for Dads with CKD DENVER, June 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA ), a leading provider of kidney care services for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), offers fathers and their familie...

L.A. Care Health Plan and Health Integrated Partner to Integrate Medical and Behavioral Support Programs for L.A. Care's Providers

Health plan introduces proven behavioral health programs from Health Integrated to strengthen support for primary care physicians treating L.A. Care Health Plan members with behavioral health conditions TAMPA, Fla., June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- L.A. Care Health Plan, the nation's largest public he...

URAC Stresses Importance of Standards for Wellness Programs and Health Plan at AHIP Institute 2009

Industry Experts Discuss Accountability and Transparency for Wellness, Health Plans and Health Networks WASHINGTON, June 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Clear standards are essential to ensure the quality of wellness programs, health plans and health networks, according to URAC , the lead...

Family Care Awarded First Multiple Product Discount Medical Plan License in California

HOUSTON, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Family Care, a Discount Medical Plan Organization (DMPO), has been awarded the first multiple product discount medical plan license in the state of California. The Houston-based company represents the only full-service Discount Medical Plan Organization to be recog...

Employees Increasingly Accept and Understand Reductions in Health Plan Benefits and Premium-Cost Sharing

Education and tools high priorities for helping employees make better decisions Indianapolis, Indiana (Vocus) June 16, 2009 -- United Benefit Advisors, LLC (UBA), one of the nation's leading employee benefits advisory organizations, today released additional data from t...

HIVMA supports public plan option to ensure patients' needs are met

Arlington, VAAs Congress drafts health care reform legislation, HIV clinicians urge lawmakers to include a public plan option to ensure affordable access to comprehensive care for HIV patientsnearly 30 percent of whom have no insurance. The HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA) believes that a public p...

RetireSafe Blasts Plan to Pay for Health Care Reform With Huge Medicare Cuts

Calls Obama's Rationing-by-Bureaucrat Proposal an Outrage to Older Americans WASHINGTON, June 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the 400,000 strong senior-citizen group RetireSafe blasted President Obama and his Congressional allies for proposing to cut $500 billion or more from Medicare to ...

VSP's Individual Plan Thrives in a Starving Economy

Less Than One in Five Employers Offer Stand Alone Vision Coverage* RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif., June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- VSP(R) Vision Care launched the industry's first fully-insured individual vision plan two years ago and has seen it grow to more than 25,000 members nationwide. In a recent stu...

Senators Who Signed Letter Opposing Public Health Plan Took $17.7 Million in Campaign Donations from Health Care and Insurance Industries

Public Campaign Action Fund analysis finds that nine Republican Senators took nearly $2 million on average over their careers WASHINGTON, June 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The nine Republican Senators who sent a letter today to President Barack Obama to express their opposition to a central p...

NYSE Amex Accepts China Shenghuo's Compliance Plan for Continued Listing

KUNMING, China, June 8 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Shenghuo Pharmaceutical Holdings, Inc. (NYSE Amex Equities: KUN) ("China Shenghuo" or the "Company"), which is engaged in the research, development, manufacture, and marketing of pharmaceutical, nutritional supplement and cosmetic pro...

SCAN Health Plan Arizona Encourages Sun Smarts and Plenty of Water for Seniors This Summer

PHOENIX, June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Summer can be a fun time of year, but it also poses additional risks - especially for seniors. SCAN Health Plan Arizona encourages area seniors to take extra precautions this season with these six tips: Prevent sunburn. Applying sunscreen with a...

HealthMetrix Research Selects Medicare Advantage Plan Websites for 2009 MedicareWebWatch Certification

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthMetrix Research Inc., an independent managed care research firm, announces the selection of sixteen Medicare Advantage plan websites for MedicareWebWatch certification. The websites were selected from 117 Medicare Advantage websites after a comprehen...

Video: Plan for Long Term Care Before the Crisis Hits

"Let's Talk" Helps Families Deal with Potential Long-Term Care Needs; Economic uncertainty and increased longevity add urgency RICHMOND, Va., June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As people prepare to live longer in retirement than past generations, and the economy crushes more nest eggs, planning...

Carolina Care Plan Launches New Home Delivery Program for Organic Produce

COLUMBIA, S.C., June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Carolina Care Plan members can now have fresh organic vegetables, herbs and micro greens delivered directly to their homes through a new partnership with The Chef's Garden, a family-run farm who currently provides produce to well-known South Carolina restaura...

NYSE Amex LLC Accepts Plan of Compliance of The Quantum Group, Inc.

WELLINGTON, Fla., June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Quantum Group, Inc. (NYSE Amex: QGP ) (the "Company"), announced today that on May 28, 2009, the NYSE Amex LLC (the "Exchange") accepted the Company plan of compliance with respect to its previously disclosed listing deficiency as set forth ...

Governor Rendell Proposes Offering Prescription Help to 30,000 More Older Adults as Part of Plan to Save $60 Million

HARRISBURG, Pa., June 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Edward G. Rendell today announced his proposal to raise the income limit for the Lottery-funded PACENET prescription drug benefit for older Pennsylvanians, providing help to an additional 30,000 people who have little or no drug coverag...