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CareFirst Joins Partnership of Blues Plans as Owner of NASCO
Increases in Efficiency and Claims Processing Cost-Savings Expected Baltimore, MD and Atlanta, GA (Vocus) August 5, 2009 -- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst) today announced that it has received the required regulatory approvals for its investment as a full par...RICHARDSON, Texas, July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) joined other Blue Plans today to announce plans to collaborate to provide access to an online, consumer-friendly health care cost information tool, developed by WellPoint, which is cal...
ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Clear Choice Health Plans, Inc. has chosen Thomson Reuters as the vendor for the Treatment Cost Calculator, an application that enables individuals to accurately estimate their out-of-pocket costs for planned healthcare services. The Treatment Co...
Medigap Plans in Illinois to Benefit From Medicare Advantage Reimbursement Cuts
NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a leading provider of managed care market intelligence, reports that planned cuts to Medicare Advantage reimbursement will benefit organizations offering Medicare supplement plans in Illinois. According to the recent Il...Health Plans Return to Airwaves in Support of Bipartisan Reform
WASHINGTON, July 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Health plans today launched a new national television advertising campaign in support of bipartisan health care reform. The first health care reform ad from America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), "Illness", calls for fi...Health Plans Continue to Select Health Integrated to Improve Member Health, Reduce Costs
TAMPA, Fla., July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- With healthcare reform a high priority on the national agenda, Shan Padda, chairman and chief executive officer of Health Integrated, a leading provider of Health Management Solutions, believes the market is strong for companies that can clearly offer solution...BLOOMINGTON, Minn., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI) will hold a symposium here on October 5 to explain how its DIAMOND program is dramatically improving patient outcomes and lowering the cost of care for patients with depression. The DIAMOND progra...
FORT WORTH, Texas, July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Wound Care Innovations, LLC, a subsidiary of Wound Management Technologies, Inc., (WNDM.ob), announced today that it will exhibit at the New Cardiovascular Horizons and Management of the Diabetic Foot & Wound Healing (NCVH) conference in New Orleans Ju...
- Company files to deregister Common Stock with the SEC - - Canadian public listing on TSX Venture Exchange unaffected by postponement of plans for U.S. listing - TSX Venture Exchange: NVC VANCOUVER, June 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Neovasc Inc. (TSX...
Mercy Health Plans Launches MercyOne Connect(TM)
ST. LOUIS, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Mercy Health Plans (MHP) is pleased to offer Mercy One Connect(TM) online ecommerce solution through MHP's website at www.mercyhealthplans.com . This online quoting and sales engine solution is designed to connect individual insurance shoppers and brokers wit...U-M Hospitals & Health Centers Weathers Tough Economic Climate, Plans for Growth
Fiscal year ends with positive margin after midyear cost-cutting efforts, but new fiscal year presents fresh challenges ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Despite a very challenging economic environment, the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers will end the ...Mayo Clinic Plans Facility at Mall of America
A gateway to Mayo Clinic for patients from around the region, nation and world VIDEO ALERT: Additional audio and video resources are available on the Mayo Clinic News Blog: http://newsblog.mayoclinic.org/2009/06/16/mayo-clinic-gateway/ BLOOMINGTON, Minn., June 17 /PRNewswire-USNewsw...VIENNA, Va., June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CEL-SCI Corporation (NYSE Amex: CVM ) announced today that Eyal Talor, Ph.D., Senior Vice President of Research and Manufacturing at CEL-SCI, has accepted an invitation to be a featured speaker at the 5th Annual Aseptic Processing of Sterile Dru...
Health Plans and IROs Can Work Together to Determine Proper Care for Eating Disorders
LANSDALE, Penn., June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Eating disorders are a chronic mental health problem and affect up to 10 million females and 1 million males in the United States. Through access to clinical experts and state-of-the-art medical information, independent review organizations (IROs) provide ...The FDA has approved ankle replacements, so why don't all insurance plans cover them?
MAYWOOD, Il. -- It's been a decade since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first total ankle-replacement system for patients with severe ankle arthritis. But several insurance companies still deny coverage, Loyola University Health System orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Michael Pinzur...SAN DIEGO, June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- As the administration moves forward with health care reform, U.S. heath plans are bracing for change. New research released this week by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions at America's Health Insurance Plans Institute conference in San Diego highlights how ...
Lifeclinic International, Inc., the world's leading manufacturer and distributor of automated blood pressure monitors and health testing stations, is exhibiting its LC500 Health Station with OptumHealth at the America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) Institute 2009 Conference. The Conference will ...
PISCATAWAY, N.J., June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Minnesota has become the first state in the nation to cut red tape by requiring all health care providers to electronically submit insurance claims to health plans, using a single set of data standards. The law, referred to as the E3 Initiative, will also r...
Wellspring Coordinates With CA Health Insurance Plans to Pay for Autism Treatments
LOS ANGELES, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Autism is a neurobiological condition which is often responsive to Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy, yet some health insurance companies, especially HMOs, fail to cover this service as a covered benefit to their members. Wellspring, a leader in autism tre...Lewin Group Report Finds that Health Plans Contain Costs and Provide Beneficiaries with Improved Access to Health Services WASHINGTON, May 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Medicaid health plans are producing cost savings for states, increasing access to services for individuals covered by Medica...
MIAMI, May 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE CUK) today announced a financial impact estimated at approximately $0.05 per share, the majority of which will be incurred in the second fiscal quarter of 2009, as a result of modifications to cruise itiner...
Physician practice interactions with health plans cost $31 billion a year
Bethesda, MDAs policymakers consider ways to cut health costs as a part of health reform, a new national survey of physician practices finds that physicians on average are spending the equivalent of three work weeks annually on administrative tasks required by health plans. According to the study...Universal Benefit Plans President and CEO Edan Barshan Featured in Altus Dental Annual Report
Barshan becomes the first-ever Massachusetts broker featured by Altus Dental BOSTON, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Edan Barshan, President and CEO of Universal Benefit Plans -- a Boston based full-service employee benefit brokerage and consulting firm -- is the first-ever Massachusetts brok...Guardian Enhances Medical Plans With New Wellness Benefits
New Initiatives Help Plan Members Better Manage Healthcare Needs and Spending NEW YORK, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian), one of the largest mutual life insurers and a leading provider of employee and voluntary benefits for small and mid-sized ...DETROIT, May 11 /PRNewswire/ --Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan today announced it plans to offer its customer groups the ability to purchase coverage for autism treatment programs that provide intensive early intervention. The new benefit option covers children aged two to five years old who ...
ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Thomson Reuters on Thursday honored two Pennsylvania health plans and a Florida hospital system for significantly improving the quality and managing the cost of healthcare. Keystone Mercy and AmeriHealth Mercy health plans and Tallahassee Memorial Healt...
BlueChoice HealthPlan Adds Coverage for Young Adults and New Plans for Small Businesses
COLUMBIA, S.C., May 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Effective now, BlueChoice(R) HealthPlan of South Carolina has expanded its health plans available to individuals as well as to small businesses. It added a new individual product, BlueChoice(R) for Young Adults, for individuals up to age 30, a...Extra payments to Medicare Advantage plans to total $11.4 billion in 2009
New York, NY, May 4, 2009Private Medicare Advantage (MA) plans will be paid $11.4 billion more in 2009 than what the same beneficiaries would have cost in the traditional Medicare fee-for-service program, according to a new report released today by The Commonwealth Fund. This new analysis, The Con...Swine Flu Plans Triggering Difficult Legal Questions, Says Noted Pillsbury Attorney
Managing sick and concerned workers, navigating quarantine barriers and liabilities are just a few of the impact areas facing epidemic-wary managers NEW YORK, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Business managers following swine flu's (H1N1 influenza) spread and monitoring government advisories should p...OCEANSIDE, Calif., April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- TERI, Inc., a national leader providing training, education and research programs for individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities, today announced a first-of-its-kind service offering comprehensive Special Needs Life Quality Plans(TM...
Delta Dental Plans Association and Delta Dental of Minnesota Agree to Conditions Regarding Supplier
OAK BROOK, Ill., April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The Delta Dental Plans Association and Delta Dental of Minnesota have agreed to conditions for Delta Dental of Minnesota to continue to receive certain services from DeCare Dental fo...Minnesota Health Plans Reserves, Investment Income Down
Operations break even after $230 million of losses in past 3 years; Medical care spending, enrollment increase ST. PAUL, Minn., April 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After three years of operating losses totaling more than $230 million, Minnesota's health plans posted combined gains of less ...Penn's online survivorship care plans empower cancer survivors, caregivers
(DENVER) An online tool that provides cancer survivors and their family members with an easy-to-follow roadmap for managing their health as they finish treatment and transition to life as a survivor got high marks from users, according to new University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine research...National Press Club Event to Highlight Patient Safety and Discuss Policy Recommendations for Moving Forward WASHINGTON, April 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Obama administration's goal of expanding the availability of generic forms of biologic drugs - and a variety of congressional effor...
Research indicates there is room for further education among consumers PHILADELPHIA, April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Research released today from Independence Blue Cross (IBC) shows that health care consumers who choose high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) --- which feature lower premiums and higher...
Blue Cross Launches Largest Selection of Individual Plans Available in Minnesota
New Consumer-Designed Health Plans Offer Broader Choice EAGAN, Minn., April 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross) today announced the largest array of individual health plan options available in the state for people looking to buy health insurance ...Adoption of Consumer-Driven Health Plans Accelerated by Recession
NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a leading provider of managed care market intelligence, reports that more employers are opting for consumer-driven health plans (CDHP) as they look for ways to reduce costs. The individual CDHP market is also growing as the u...California Health Plans Vital to State's Economy
Industry Generates 130,000 Jobs and $13.5 Billion in Economic Activity SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- California health plans are an essential and vital part of the state's economy, generating 130,000 jobs and $13.5 billion in economic activity, according to a report released t...Flexible Depression Management Program Employs Telephone Contact in Treatment COLUMBIA, S.C., April 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Companion Benefit Alternatives, Inc. (CBA) was awarded Silver Honors for Health Plans and Health Networks by leading health care accreditation organization, U...
Yale Plans Closer Look at Exercise and Cancer
Studies will chart recovery of active women with breast or ovarian disease MONDAY, April 6 (HealthDay News) -- A Yale professor has received $7 million in federal grants for two studies into whether exercise affects ovarian and breast cancer recovery. The U.S. National Cancer Insti...Other TagsCullingQuebecTrachomaWarfarinFatalFatalSterolSterolSterolSterolSignatureSignatureOther Contentsglossitisglazesgliomasgliomasgliomasgonadgonococcal
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