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Health Insurance Week


Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . June 28th, 2009
Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only
Related Areas: Other Issues in Health Insurance Week | Other Publications

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Recent studies by E.S. Lee and co-authors add new data to abdominal aortic aneurysm findings

ACS - ACS Honors 2008 ACS MIDAS+ Platinum Quality Award Winners for Excellence in Clinical Performance

Acute Pancreatitis - Interim Study Results Presented at ADA 2009: Exenatide Not Associated With Increased Rate of Acute Pancreatitis Compared to Other Antidiabetic Drugs

Adverse Drug Reactions - New adverse drug reactions study results from Radboud University described

Adverse Drug Reactions - Research results from University of Iowa, Department of Epidemiology update knowledge of adverse drug reactions

Aetna - Aetna’s New Small-Group Plans Focus on Wellness

Aflac - Aflac Survey Shows Small Businesses Find It More Difficult to Offer Strong Benefits Packages to Employees

Aging Research - Data on aging research detailed by L. Christensson and co-authors

Alameda Alliance for Health - Alameda Alliance for Health Celebrates Enrollment of Its 100,000th Member

America's Health Insurance Plans - Nearly 9 in 10 Seniors Satisfied With Medigap

American Health Information Management Association - PHRs Protect Families From the Harshest Realities of Natural Disasters

American Medical Association - AMA Committed To Health Reform This Year

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Kentucky - Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Introduces SmartSense and Premier PPO Plans, Price-Conscious Individual Plans Targeted at the Uninsured

Anthropology - New anthropology findings from I. Pristas and co-authors described

Asthma - Studies from University of Massachusetts provide new data on asthma

Behavior - Alere Introduces Industry's First 12-month Unlimited Health Coaching Program

Benefit Informatics Inc. - The Phia Group to Utilize Benefit Informatics Data Analysis Services to Increase Claim Recovery for Clients

Benefitfocus - Benefitfocus Technology Increases Enrollment Efficiency for Hawaii Medical Service Association

Breast Cancer - New breast cancer data have been reported by C. Brito and co-authors

Breast Cancer - Reports from Columbia University add new data to research in breast cancer

Brown & Toland - Brown & Toland Announces 2008 Financial Results

Cancer - Studies from Pennsylvania State University reveal new findings on cancer

Cancer Survivorship: San Diego! - Celebrate National Cancer Survivors Day on Sunday, June 14

Chronic Disease - Shared Medical Appointments Provide New Paradigm for Chronic Care Management

Community Health - Findings from M.A. Farrell and co-authors broaden understanding of community health

Community Health - Studies from P. Frazao and co-researchers in the area of community health published

CompPartners - CompPartners Names Stevie Bosch Operations Supervisor

Concuity, A Healthcare Division of Trintech, Inc. - Providence Health & Services Increases Revenue by $35 Million Using Concuity ClearContracts

Coventry Health Care, Inc. - Coventry Health Care Announces Sale of First Health Services Corporation Subsidiary

Dementia - Findings from Rhode Island Hospital in dementia reported

Dementia - Researchers from University of New South Wales detail findings in dementia

Dementia Therapy - Studies in the area of dementia therapy reported from University of Nijmegen, Center for Family Medicine

Diabetes - Sizable Health Disparities Evident in Every State Between Women of Different Racial and Ethnic Groups

Eldorado Computing, Inc. - Eldorado Allies with FlexTech to Provide Professional Implementation Services in Response to Demand for Javelina™ Platform

Eliza Corporation - Entrepreneur Magazine Names Eliza Corporation One of the Nation’s 100 Companies to Watch in 10 Hot Industries

Empire BlueCross BlueShield - Empire BlueCross BlueShield Adds Life Insurance, Becomes Full-Service Benefits Provider

Employee Benefit Research Institute - 12th Annual Health Confidence Survey: Americans Show Support for Several Health Coverage Options, but Their Views Could Change as More Details Emerge

Employee Benefit Research Institute - New Research From EBRI: Health Reform 'Exchange' Plan Would Restructure Health Insurance Market, Has Big Implications for Current Employment-Based Benefits

Epilepsy - Reports from O.A. Hope and colleagues advance knowledge in epilepsy

eXude Benefits Group, Inc. - eXude Benefits Group Adds More to Your Benefits With Their Free Discount Prescription Card

Fingertip Formulary - Fingertip Formulary Mobile(R) Now Offers Access to Real-Time Formulary Data on the iPhone

Genetics & Genomics - Research on genetics & genomics discussed by N. Lublinghoff and co-researchers

GfK Healthcare - GfK Healthcare’s Roper Global Diabetes Program Launches New U.S. Diabetes Patient Market Study

Giarmarco, Mullins & Horton, P.C. - Donald K. Warwick Joins the Litigation Healthcare Section of the Law Firm of Giarmarco, Mullins & Horton, P.C.

Health Insurance - A Milestone of Opportunity for VNUS Medical Technologies

Health Insurance - Cinergy Health Expands Staff in Face of Dramatic Growth

Health Insurance - NCBA's Statement in Response to Senator Conrad's Proposal to Reform Health Care

Health Insurance - New Research From EBRI: New Estimates Update Retiree Health Savings Needs

Health Insurance - Will Insurer & Drug Money Leash the 'Blue Dogs'?

Health Maintenance Organizations - Reports outline health maintenance organizations research from Kaiser Permanente

Heart Disease - AHRQ News and Numbers: Two in Three Adults Under 65 Have One or More Chronic Diseases

Heinz Family Philanthropies - New From the Heinz Family Philanthropies: 10 Questions and Valuable Answers to Help Families If They Are Not Happy With Their Long-Term Care

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield - Highmark to Sponsor Partners for a Healthy Community Event in Uniontown

HIPPA.com - New Single Source Location for HIPAA & HIT Information

HIV/AIDS - Four Miami-Area Residents Sentenced In $10 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

HMP Communications - Best in Class: Scottsdale Wound Management Guide

HMS Holdings Corp. - HMS Holdings Corp. to Present at William Blair 29th Annual Growth Stock Conference

InSight Health Corp. - InSight Imaging Announces Strategic Service Partnership Agreement with Quorum Health Resources

InsureMonkey - National Survey Shows Americans Confused About COBRA and Other Health Insurance Options

Invesco Aim - Invesco Aim Launches AIM Core Plus Bond Fund

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. - J.P. Morgan Shares Best Practices for Implementing a Health Savings Account Program

Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 2 studies find patients have lower health-related quality of life after cancer diagnosis

Kidney Transplants - Researchers from Army report details of new studies and findings in the area of kidney transplants

Kroll - Kroll Helps Healthcare Providers Face Looming Red Flag Rules

Life Sciences - AOPA Applauds Introduction of Prosthetic and Custom Orthotic Parity Act of 2009

Life Sciences - Data on life sciences reported by researchers at Wayne State University

Life Sciences - Emdeon and Bloodhound Partner To Improve Claims Workflow, Make the Business of Healthcare More Efficient

Life Sciences - FDIs Hospital Services expand to San Diego, Denver and Tampa to be closer to client hospital facilities

Life Sciences - Health Expert Offers Innovative Remedy to Ailing Health System; Dr. Harold Luft of UCSF Looks Beyond the Public Plan Debate in New White Paper

Life Sciences - New findings in life sciences described from Johns Hopkins University

Life Sciences - Over 60% of All US Bankruptcies Attributable to Medical Problems: Most victims are middle class, well educated and have health insurance

Life Sciences - Research from A. Attanasio et al has provided new information about life sciences

Life Sciences - Research from Swansea University yields new findings on life sciences

Life Sciences - Research from Winthrop University provides new data about life sciences

Life Sciences - Study findings from Indiana University broaden understanding of life sciences

LTC Financial Partners Llc - Insurance Leader Praises Senator Kennedy for Promoting Long-Term Care Aid for All Americans as Part of Health Reform

Macular Degeneration - Studies from N. Kaiserman and co-researchers update current data on macular degeneration

Magellan Health Services, Inc. - Magellan Health Services to Acquire First Health Services Corp. from Coventry Health Care

Managed Care - Commercial Pharmacy Benefit Enrollment Experiencing Greater Shifts in Florida than Commercial Medical Benefit Enrollment

Managed Care - Long Beach Legislative Staffers Participate in 'Aging Sensitivity Training' Provided by SCAN Health Plan

Managed Care - Moving Beyond the Mysteries of Disruption Reporting

Managed Care - Research from F.S. Debrantes and co-authors in the area of managed care published

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Oakland Physician Network Services to Participate With my1HIE(R)

Maryland Rx Card - Maryland Pharmacy Discount Program Launched

MAXIMUS - MAXIMUS Recognized for Call Center Excellence in Georgia

Medicare and Medicaid - After House Committee Chairs Meet on Health Reform, Long Term Care Leaders Say Rescinding Bush-Era Medicare Regulation Critical to Protecting Jobs, Preserving Quality Eldercare

Medicare and Medicaid - CMS Decision - No Material Financial Impact to Medicsight

Medicare and Medicaid - HCCA Web Conference Offers Forum on Medicare's Nationwide Rollout of the Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC) Program

Medicare and Medicaid - HCPro Selects Vivisimo Velocity to Launch MedicareFind.com

Medicare and Medicaid - Legislation Will Expand Access to Life-Saving Laboratory Tests

Medicare and Medicaid - New Jersey University Hospital to Pay Additional $2 Million to Resolve Fraud Claims That Facility Double Billed Medicaid

Medicare and Medicaid - New medicare and medicaid study findings have been published by A.B. Frakt and colleagues

Medicare and Medicaid - PhRMA Launches Campaign to Raise Awareness of Success of Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit

Medicare and Medicaid - Reports summarize medicare and medicaid research from J. Greene and co-authors

Medicare and Medicaid - Reports summarize medicare and medicaid study results from R.S. Foster and co-researchers

Medicare and Medicaid - Research in the area of medicare and medicaid reported from Harvard University, Medical Department

Medicare and Medicaid - Research in the area of medicare and medicaid reported from RAND Corporation

Medicare and Medicaid - Researchers from Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical College discuss findings in medicare and medicaid

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

Medicare and Medicaid - Senate Bill to Protect Patients' Healthcare by Amending Medicare Coverage

Medicare and Medicaid - Successful Disease Management Programs Can Play Role in Health Care Reform

Medicare and Medicaid - Thomson Reuters Offers Average Wholesale Pricing Information for Workers' Compensation Drug Claims

MedRisk, Inc. - Chris J. Main Joins MedRisk’s ECB International Scientific Advisory Board

National Medical Association - National Medical Association Supports Public Insurance Option

Neutropenia - Study results from Duke University provide new insights into neutropenia

Obesity and Diabetes - New Nutrisystem Works(TM) Offers Corporate America New Weapon in the Fight Against Obesity

Pain Management - Research from Oregon Health & Science University provide new insights into pain management

Patient Access Network Foundation - Patients Say Costs Determining Factor in Their Treatment Decisions

Pediatrics - Computer-Related Injuries on the Rise: Young Children Particularly at Risk

Pennsylvania Office of the Governor - Pennsylvania Governor Signs Four Health-Care Bills That Will Reduce Costs, Improve Access and Quality

Pharmaceuticals - Industry Veteran Stephen Duvall Joins Millennium Management Team

Pharmaceuticals - PDX-Rx.com Works With Microsoft HealthVault to Make Prescription Data Available to Patients

Pharmaceuticals - Research from Samford University provides new data about pharmaceuticals

Pharmaceuticals - ResponsibleShopper.org: What Do You Know About the Companies In Your Medicine Cabinet?

PharMerica Corporation - PharMerica Corporation Announces Results of 2009 Annual Meeting

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Researchers from University of Michigan detail findings in plastic and reconstructive surgery

PMA Companies - John Santulli, EVP, PMA Companies, to Moderate Panel Discussion at Florida Workers’ Comp Institute’s 64th Annual Workers’ Compensation Conference

PMSI Settlement Solutions - PMSI Settlement SolutionsSM Appeals to CMS on Drug Review Methods in Medicare Set-Asides

Pneumonia Therapy - New pneumonia therapy study findings have been published by A.A. El Solh and colleagues

Portico Systems - Portico Systems Selected by Anthem Credentialing Services™ Inc.

Premera Blue Cross - Premera Blue Cross Launches Vivacity to Help Employers Lower Rate of Increase in Healthcare Costs

Priority Health - Priority Health Expands Service Area Through Southern Michigan

Public Campaign Action Fund - 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 - Watchdog Group Blasts McConnell for Putting Insurance Donors Before Health Care Reform

Public Health - Findings from University of Zagreb in public health reported

Rehabilitation Research - Brain Injury Association of America Urges President Obama to Include Cognitive Rehabilitation for Returning Service Members as a Part of TRICARE Coverage

Satori World Medical - Satori World Medical Announces Working Partnership with Integrated Healthcare

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold - Scripps Sued for Jeopardizing Medical Care by Shuttling Patients to Its Own Facilities for Financial Gain

SEIU Healthcare Florida - Mayor Manny Diaz, Commissioner Heyman, Rep. Brise, Community Health Leaders and Healthcare Workers to Hold Press Conference to Push for Healthcare Reform

Senior Market Sales, Inc. - Agent Advantage Newsletter Surpasses 10,000 Subscribers

Society of Actuaries - Actuaries Weigh in on Ways to Address Risk Exposures and Challenges with the U.S. Health Care System

Superior Edge - David E. Sipprell Named President of Superior Edge

The Committee for Economic Development - CED Endorses the Healthy Americans Act

The Law Offices of Frank L. Branson - $80 Million Settlement Reached in Deadly Hurricane Rita Bus Fire

The Principal Financial Group - Principal Financial Group Fights Rising Health Care Costs for Northern Nevada Customers

The Senior Citizens League - One in Seven Seniors Faces Social Security Check Cuts in 2010

The TriZetto Group, Inc. - Neighborhood Health Plan and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Earn TriZetto’s First Annual IHM Power Awards

TriZetto - New Book, ‘The Information Cure,’ Introduces Integrated Healthcare Management: an Innovative and Practical Systematic Model for Fixing What Ails U.S. Healthcare

Tuberculosis - Research on tuberculosis reported by L.M. Scatena et al

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HHS - HHS and VA to Develop a Nationwide Program to Help Older Americans and Veterans with Disabilities Remain Independent in the Community

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HHS - Secretary Sebelius Makes Recovery Act Funding Available to Bolster Health Care in Needy Communities, Relieve Providers’ Student Debt

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Contracts adding legal twist to family health care

Upp Technology, Inc. - Upp Technology Expands Service Offering to include McKesson, Epic, and Cerner Healthcare Enterprise Systems

Urinary Tract Infection Risk Factors - Report summarizes urinary tract infection risk factors study findings from Yale University, Department of Internal Medicine

Walgreens - Walgreens to Withdraw from Delaware Medicaid Program

WISE & Healthy Aging - Hey Governator! Don't Terminate Senior Funding!

Wolters Kluwer Law & Business - Spencer's Benefits Reports COBRA Survey Finds Recession Takes Hold: More Were Eligible, Fewer Signed Up, Costs Stay High

A.M. Best Co. - A.M. Best Assigns Ratings to SU Insurance Company

A.M. Best Co. - A.M. Best Downgrades Issuer Credit Ratings of Lifetime Healthcare, Inc.’s Subsidiaries

A.M. Best Co. - A.M. Best Withdraws Ratings of Community Health Plan

A.M. Best Company - A.M. Best Affirms the Ratings of Humana Inc. and Its Flagship Insurance Subsidiaries

A.M. Best Company - A.M. Best Assigns Ratings to Prudential Financial, Inc.’s New Senior Notes

Fitch Ratings - Fitch Affirms Sunset Retirement Communities, Ohio Bonds at 'A-'; Outlook Stable

Fitch Ratings - Fitch Rates Children's Medical Center of Dallas Texas $200MM 2009A Bonds 'AA'; Outlook Stable

Fitch Ratings - Fitch Rates Virginia's $133MM GOs 'AAA'; Outlook Stable

Fitch Ratings - Fitch Upgrades Mount Sinai Hospital NY Bonds to 'A-'; Outlook Stable

Research and Markets - Cormorbidity Care Models: Integrated Action Plans for Complex Healthcare Needs

Research and Markets - In 2009, the Vietnamese Market for Pharmaceuticals Is Estimated At US$750 Million, or US$9 Per Capita

Research and Markets - This Comprehensive 2009 Report Gives a Comprehensive Analysis of the UK Private Medical Insurance Sector



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