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Call for Entries! URAC's awards for Best Practices in Health Care Consumer Empowerment and Protection to spotlight innovative quality efforts: Requesting submissions from health information/decision support, health management, health plans, health networks, pharmacy quality management and workers' compensation companies- deadline September 30, 2008! (Click here)

 

 


 
 

 

 

 

 

Insurer, Health Plan and
System Executives Making
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News-Making Companies from
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Most Hit Headlines from this past week...

NextStudent Rolls Out New Health Insurance Product Line for Students, Graduates, and Their Families

Advertising by Insurers Favors Medicare Advantage Over Stand-Alone Drug Plans, Kaiser Analysis Finds

Deloitte: The Shifting Landscape of Health Care Fraud and Regulatory Compliance

Quality of Care for Ethnic Groups Focus of NCQA Innovation Award

DMAA Releases First-Ever Survey on State of Disease Management, Wellness Market

Regence's Online 'Live Help' Gets Members Chatting

New Life Coverage from Unum Offers Flexible Payout Options - life insurance products can help cover the costs of long term care

MEDai's Predictive Analytics Impact How State Medicaid Agencies Triage High- Risk Members

Health Care Cost Increases to Continue at Double Digit Rates, According to Buck Consultants Survey

Guardian Survey: Men are Twice as Likely as Women to Use Credit Cards to Pay for Major Health Expenses

SUBWAY® Restaurants and Blue Cross’ Louisiana 2 Step Join Forces for Better Health in Louisiana

Premera Program Reaching Out To High-Risk Members In Need Of Dental Exams

Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Alabama Provides Interactive Health Web Site For Customers

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Staff to Participate in WTMJ-TV Health Insurance Phone Bank

MEDICA: South Dakotans Receive an Incentive to Work Out

Humana Military Healthcare Services and ValueOptions Announce New Features Available on the Web to Assist Service Members and Families

UnitedHealthcare Launches Effort to Help Reduce Neonatal Intensive Care Admissions

Statement From the Convenient Care Association: New Rand Health Report Dispels Several Myths About Retail Healthcare

Medco CEO Unveils Pragmatic Blueprint for Health Care Reform; Reducing Costs by Upwards of $1 Trillion

AHIP: Health Insurance Industry Hosts Roundtable Discussion on Health Care Reform in Albuquerque

Internet Entrepreneur Will Give Keynote Address at URAC's 9th Annual Quality Summit

HxTechnologies: AmeriHealth New Jersey Launches Statewide Program to Give Physicians Shared, Web Access to Patients’ Imaging Records

Health Savings Accounts Rise 60 Percent at JP Morgan

Centene Corporation Names Sherry B. Husa as President and CEO of Wisconsin Subsidiary

EmblemHealth & WLTW Launch "Respecting your health, Respecting your environment" Green Initiate for Tri-State Area this Fall

BPO Management Services Inc. to Merge with Healthaxis Inc.

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Humana: Freewheelin Bicycle-Sharing Project a Big Hit at Democratic, Republican National Conventions

Provocative 'Uncovered' Statues Spotlight the Uninsured as Olympian Janet Evans and Blue Shield of California CEO Bruce Bodaken Encourage Californians to Take Action

Anthem Blue Cross and the California Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Launch Live Like a Champion Tour

BCBSA: Administration's Proposed Rule For ICD-10 Will Lead To Healthcare 'Meltdown' For Patients And Providers

AIS Health: Think-Tank Proposals Seek Tax-Code Reform to Broaden Consumer Ownership of HSAs

CMS: Medicare Providers Remain Satisfied with Fee-for-Service Contractors

Obese Patients Have Nearly Five Times Greater Risk of Hospitalization for Asthma, Kaiser Permanente Study Finds

Silverlink Reports 100% Revenue Growth in 1H2008

Sentinel Financial Group Partners with Evolution Benefits, Inc.

ANTHEM: Innovative Program Helps Redirect Health Care Needs From the Emergency Room to the Doctor's Office

AmeriHealth NJ Secures Naming Rights to New Jersey Devils' Practice Facility

Are Employees Savvy Healthcare Consumers? change:healthcare’s New Index Has Answer

TelaDoc To Provide Patient Info Sharing And Consumer “House Calls” Using Microsoft HealthVault

LifeMasters Improves Health of Medicare and Medicaid Recipients in Florida

Public comments requested for URAC's revised Case Management accreditation standards and measures

TriZetto: Tailored Care Management Programs Are Key to Payers Managing Highly Complex and Rapidly Growing Senior Populations

Humana Completes Acquisition of Metcare Health Plans, Inc.

 

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Past Week's HR News/Announces

PBM Industry Veterans Add to Drug-Cost Management Expertise at The Burchfield Group

Adaptis Names John Hudson Healthcare Practice Leader

Gary Newsome Named President and CEO of Health Management Associates

Tony Bellomo Appointed TriZetto President

University HealthSystem Consortium Names Jacob J. Groenewold as Vice President for Supply Chain

Amerinet Appoints New Contracting and Sales Leadership

Lisa Rubino Named President of Molina Healthcare of California

Craig H. Stephens Joins Evergreen Rx To Lead Growing Pharmacy Practice

Hooper Holmes Names Richard Whitbeck President of Portamedic Division

SeniorMetrix Adds Vice President of Sales for Core Products

Dr. Harry L. Leider, Renowned Healthcare Expert, Joins Ameritox as Chief Medical Officer

Peter Clement Joins Bull Services as Expert on Health & Human Services Policy

SeniorBridge Appoints John Panella, Jr., MA, MPH Executive Director, Baltimore

President and COO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota to Join Health Care Service Corporation as Executive VP

Calvin B. Johnson, MD, MPH, Appointed Vice President & Chief Medical Officer for Temple University Health System

Healthcare Executive Richard Peitzmeier Returns to Phoenix as Regional Sales Director of SCAN Health Plan Arizona

Harris Corporation Names Barclay Butler as Vice President of Military Healthcare Solutions

The Beryl Companies Selects Linda Knox Senior Vice President of Market Development

Kimberly Moreland, Vice President of Rising Medical Solutions, Inc., Garners Governor-Appointed Workers' Compensation Position in Illinois

Dr. Charles Smith Named Chief Medical Officer for CIGNA’s Wellness, Lifestyle Management and Coaching Programs

MedQuist Names Peter Masanotti as Chief Executive Officer

Advantica EyeCare: Appoints Marketing Project Manager

HealthMarkets Adds Chief Marketing Officer; New Chief Actuary Also Joins Management Team

Metropolitan Health Networks Names Jose A. Guethon, MD, MBA as President and Chief Operating Officer

U.S. Preventive Medicine Appoints Ron Loeppke, M.D. as Co-Chairman of Its National Advisory Board

WellCare Names Rex M. Adams Chief Operating Officer

Centene Corporation Appoints Donald G. Imholz as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer

The Amacore Group, Inc. Announces Management and Board of Directors Changes

 

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