Managed Care Business Week

Fitch Ratings - Fitch Comments on WellPoint's Agreement to Sell PBM Subs

Flinn Foundation - Flinn Foundation Elects New President and CEO

GAB Robins North America, Inc. - GAB Robins Features MSP and Technology Experts at RIMS

Health and Medicine - Study data from University of Washington update understanding of health and medicine

Health and Society - Recent studies by F.H. Decker and co-authors add new data to health and society findings

Health and Society - Recent studies from University of Toronto add new data to health and society

Health and Society - Reports from Temple University advance knowledge in health and society

Health and Society - Research from M.V. Sarrazin et al has provided new information about health and society

Health and Society - Research results from Mayo Clinic update knowledge of health and society

Health and Society - Researchers at University of California target health and society

Health and Society - Study data from E.S. Fisher et al provide new insights into health and society

Health and Society - Study results from A. Weil and colleagues update understanding of health and society

Health and Society - Study results from T. Bhattacharyya and colleagues update understanding of health and society

Health and Society - Study results from University of Alabama update understanding of health and society

Health Insurance - Blue Cross Launches Largest Selection of Individual Plans Available in Minnesota

HealthLeaders-InterStudy - Adoption of Consumer-Driven Health Plans Accelerated by Recession

Heart Attack - St. Joseph's Healthcare System Becomes First Hospital in the Region to Implement Pre-Hospital Therapeutic Cooling to Save the Lives of Cardiac Arrest Patients

Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research - Study finds multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria high in long-term care

Hormones - Data from N.F. Sanchez et al provide new insights into hormones

Hormones - IROs Help Determine Medical Necessity of Growth Hormone Therapy

HTH Worldwide - New Health and Travel Blog Launches to Raise Awareness of International Travel Issues and Trends

Humana Inc. and SIHO Insurance Services - SIHO Insurance Services and Humana Form Alliance to Offer Benefits Solutions

Illinois Hospital Association - Report Ignores True Value of Chicago Hospitals

Independence Blue Cross - Study Shows Consumers With High Deductible Health Plans Are More Savvy About Controlling Costs, Improving Health

International Brotherhood of Teamsters - Illinois First Student Workers Join Teamsters Union

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. - KCI Issues Statement Regarding AHRQ Draft Report

Life Sciences - Bravo Health Names Julia Ciorletti Senior Vice President, Government Relations

Life Sciences - New life sciences research from C.Y. Wu and co-researchers described

Life Sciences - New UnitedHealthcare Web site makes health care management more convenient and efficient for women of all ages

Life Sciences - Reports outline life sciences research from Kochi University, Medical Department

Life Sciences - Richard G. Bennett, M.D., to Take Helm as New President of Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Life Sciences - Study results from A.S. Chukmaitov and colleagues in the area of life sciences published

Lung Cancer - Research on lung cancer detailed by scientists at University of Washington

Managed Care - Kaiser Permanente Receives Top Marks in 2009 J.D. Power and Associates Study

Managed Care - Keynote Speakers Announced for 2009 Pharmacy Benefits Academy

Managed Care - New findings from City University of New York, Baruch College in the area of managed care described

Managed Care - SCAN Health Plan Provides 'Senior Sensitivity Training' to City of Los Angeles Department of Aging and Network Service Providers

Managed Care - WellPoint Chief Pharmacy Officer Named President-Elect of Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - ExpressMD(TM) Solutions' Remote Patient Health Monitoring Device Receives 510(K) Market Clearance Approval From FDA

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - RealMed and American Well Join Forces to Expedite Online Care Integration Into Health Plans' Financial Systems

MedAmerica - Insurer Grows with $70 Million Acquisition

Medical Care Research - Reports outline medical care research research from N.J. Zhang and colleagues

Medical Care Research - Research on medical care research discussed by O.C. Damman and co-researchers

Medical Care Research - Studies from University of Rochester, Medical Department provide new data on medical care research

Medical Mutual of Ohio - Medical Mutual of Ohio Names Dugan Chief Legal Counsel

Medicare and Medicaid - AHRQ News and NumbersMedicare Outpatient Prescription Drug Spending Jumped from $5.9 billion to $44.3 Billion between 2005 and 2006

Medicare and Medicaid - APS Healthcare and Thomson Reuters to Manage New York State's Medicaid Clinical Best Practices Review Program

Medicare and Medicaid - Baker Donelson Welcomes Health Lawyers Tom Baker and Gina Greenwood to Georgia Offices

Medicare and Medicaid - Data on medicare and medicaid described by researchers at National Cancer Institute

Medicare and Medicaid - Data on medicare and medicaid reported by H.N. Ibrahim and co-researchers

Medicare and Medicaid - General Dynamics Awarded $45 Million Task Order by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Medicare and Medicaid - Homecare Associations Nationwide Urge Policymakers to Rescind Controversial Medicare 'Competitive' Bidding Rule

Medicare and Medicaid - Improved Care for Kidney Patients Reduces Medicare Costs and Saves Taxpayers Money

Medicare and Medicaid - Investigators at University of California release new data on medicare and medicaid

Medicare and Medicaid - Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center Among Top Five Percent in the Nation for Patient Safety for the Third Year in a Row

Medicare and Medicaid - Quantum and Renaissance Health Systems Take Leadership Role in Advancement of Electronic Health Records in Florida

Medicare and Medicaid - Reports outline medicare and medicaid study findings from Brigham and Women's Hospital

Medicare and Medicaid - Research on medicare and medicaid detailed by S. Guterman and co-authors

Medicare and Medicaid - STAAR Surgical Releases Afinity(TM) Collamer(R) Aspheric Single Piece NTIOL

Medicare and Medicaid - Studies from Brandeis University provide new data on medicare and medicaid

Medicare and Medicaid - Study data from University of Pittsburgh update understanding of medicare and medicaid

Medicare and Medicaid - The Quantum Group Announces 10% Growth of Patient Base

MediConnect Global, Inc. - Amy Rees Anderson of MediConnect Global to Speak at World Health Care Congress

MedInsights, Inc. - National Managed Care Provider First to Workers' Compensation Market with Innovative Technology that Reduces Costs to Employers

Mental Health - Centerstone and Advantage Behavioral Health Partner with Dawson McAllister Associations HopeLine to Provide Crisis Counseling

Mental Health - Congress Urged to Support Mental Health Checkups for Teens: Pediatricians, Mother of the Late Garrett Lee Smith Brief Congress On Teen Suicide Prevention in Primary Care

Mental Health - Where You Live May Affect Your State of Mind: Stress and Depression Vary by Region, According to New Study

MN Community Measurement - Several Minnesota Medical Groups Improve Care for Patients Served by Minnesota Health Care Programs, but Disparities Gap Remains

Nursing - New findings from University of Pennsylvania in the area of nursing published

Obstetrics - Reports on obstetrics findings from K. Murthy and co-researchers provide new insights

Obstructive Lung Disease - Research results from M. Gulati and co-authors update knowledge of obstructive lung disease

Occupational Health - Report summarizes occupational health study findings from T. Morken and co-researchers

Olympus Managed Health Care, Inc. - Olympus Managed Health Care Extends Proven-Cost Containment Program

Patents - AHRQ Director Carolyn Clancy and Dr. Mark McClellan to Address Device Executives 2009 MDMA Annual Meeting

Pegasystems - HealthNow New York Inc. Empowers Business Users to Drive Improvements in Claims Processing and Increase Member Retention and Loyalty

Prudential Financial, Inc. - Prudential Mortgage Capital Arranges $756 Million FHA Loan for Trenton Area Hospital

Public Health - HDNet's 'Dan Rather Reports' Investigates the Possibility of a Better Health Care System North of the Border

Purifan, Inc. - More Schools Install Classroom Air Filters to Improve Air Quality

Renal Disease - New data from Kaiser Permanente, Department of Nephrology illuminate research in renal disease

Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. - Skilled Healthcare Announces Opening of State-of-the-Art Facility in Dallas

Skin Cancer - Research from N. Hirst and co-authors reveals new findings on skin cancer

Telemedicine - High Tech Brings Back the Company Doctor

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America - New Program Gives Guardian Dental Pre-Paid/DHMO Members Greater Access to Specialty Care

The Mahone Group, Inc. - Mahone Hires Connie Garrison as Head of Healthcare Staffing Services

The TriZetto Group, Inc. - CareMore’s Go-Live on TriZetto’s Clinical CareAdvance System to Enhance Member Care and Support Business Growth

UNITE HERE Local 11 - Radisson LAX Signs Union Contract with UNITE HERE Local 11, Becoming Fourth LAX Hotel to Become Union on the ‘ New Century’ Blvd

University of Rochester Medical Center - Scientists discover way to jumpstart bone's healing process

Upp Technology, Inc. - Upp Technology, Inc. Promotes Director of Recruiting

Urinary Tract Infection - Investigators at University of Virginia have published new data on urinary tract infection

Valor Healthcare - Valor Healthcare Opens 15th Veterans Clinic