Managed Care Business Week

CapitalSource Inc. - CapitalSource Closes First Step of Long-Term Care Facility Sale to Omega Healthcare Investors

CAQH - Aetna and WellPoint Achieve CORE Phase II Certification

Cegedim Dendrite - Cegedim Dendrite: Mobile Intelligence Features Single Sign-On Security Through Partnership with Ping Identity

CIGNA - CIGNA Study: CDHPs Deliver Real World Health Care Reform

Cinergy Health - Cinergy Health Commentary on Senate Healthcare Vote

Clear One Health Plans, Inc. - Clear One Health Plans Introduces First Medicare Advantage PPO Plan in Region to Offer in-Network Coverage in Central Oregon, Palm Springs, and Phoenix

Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health - Poor face greater health burden than smokers or the obese

Community Health - Recent findings from K. Bonafede and co-authors highlight research in community health

Comprehensive Care Corporation - CompCare Wins Multi-State Contract

Coventry Health Care, Inc. - Coventry Health Care Announces Appointment of Matthew D. Eyles as Vice President, Public Affairs & Policy

Defend Your Healthcare - Big Whoppers of 2009 from FactCheck.org

Democratic National Committee - DNC Chairman Tim Kaine Calls Senate Vote Historic, Says Landmark Health Reform Bill Is a Victory for the American People

End Stage Renal Disease - Reports outline end stage renal disease study results from B.B. Newsome et al

Ethisphere Institute - Ethisphere Announces Annual List of 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics

Flipping for Phonics - Flipping for Phonics Helps Spread Cheer To Military Families In Fisher Houses This Holiday Season

Florida Association of Health Underwriters - Florida Health Care Summit Scheduled

Health and Medicine - Research conducted by M.D. Howell and co-researchers has updated our knowledge about health and medicine

Health Care Management - New findings from G.H. Nigenda and co-authors in the area of health care management published

Health Net - Making - and Sticking to - Healthy New Year's Resolutions

Health Partners - Health Partners Earns Top Marks from the National Committee for Quality Assurance NCQA Medical Assistance Plan Achieves "Excellent" Rating

Health Quality Partners HQP - Health Quality Partners to Provide Care Management Program for Aetna Medicare Advantage Plan Members

Health Services - Study results from American University of Beirut provide new insights into health services

HealthInsight - HealthInsight(TM) and HealthMedia(R) Partner to Offer Personalized Health Coaching With Value-Based Benefit Design

Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome - New hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome research from Xi'an Jiao Tong University, Department of Infectious Diseases outlined

Hepatitis C Virus - Scientists at Boston University, Medical Department target hepatitis C virus

Heritage Provider Network, Inc. - Lakeside Medical Organization, Dr. Richard Merkin, CEO, Honored by Glendale Chamber of Commerce

Humana Inc. - New West Physicians Signs Network Agreement with Humana

IASIS Healthcare LLC - IASIS Healthcare is the First System to Achieve DNV Accreditation at All of Its Hospitals

InstaMed - InstaMed Achieves Core Phase II Certification to Streamline Provider Access to Consistent Electronic Eligibility and Claim Status

InterSystems Corporation - Healthcare Information Xchange of New York Selects InterSystems HealthShare

John Muir Health - John Muir Health Receives Stroke Program Achievement Award

Lexington Insurance Company - Lexington Insurance Company Introduces LexWildfire SmokeSM, Business Income Protection for Wildfire Smoke Losses

Life Sciences - New life sciences data have been reported by scientists at Ben-Gurion University

Life Sciences - New life sciences study findings have been reported by L.S. Braker and colleagues

Life Sciences - Reports summarize life sciences study results from Royal Hospital

Life Sciences - Research conducted at Central Hospital has provided new information about life sciences

Life Sciences - Study findings on life sciences are outlined in reports from University of Leipzig

Life Sciences - The Veterans Care Program Establishes Itself Exclusively As Non-Profit Organization

Mark Farrah Associates - Blue Cross Blue Shield Plans Competitive Edge by Mark Farrah Associates

Medica - Medica Clinic-Based Chronic Care Management Program Demonstrates Promise of Healthcare Home Concept

Medicare and Medicaid - In 2010 Medicare Open Enrollment Season, Seniors Concerned Over Costs and Choice

Medicare and Medicaid - Michigan Health Care Provider to Pay United States $669,413 to Settle False Claims Allegations

Medicare and Medicaid - Scientists at University of Massachusetts report research in medicare and medicaid

Medication Management Systems - Prime Therapeutics Selects Medication Management Systems to Help Manage MTM Benefit for 1 Million Medicare Part D Members

Mental Health - New mental health study findings have been published by M.L. Rosenbach and colleagues

MetLife, Inc. - Employers Worry More about the Impending Knowledge Drain Than the Impact of Delayed Retirement, According to MetLife Study

MinuteClinic - CVS MinuteClinic Now Providing H1N1 Vaccinations On Demand at all Locations in Maryland, North Carolina and Tennessee

Myoma - Studies from Kaiser Permanente reveal new findings on myoma

National Association of Home Builders NAHB - Senate Health Care Bill Threatens Home Building Industry

National Council on Aging - NCOA Supports Senate Health Reform Bill

National Puerto Rican Coalition President Miguel Lausell - National Puerto Rican Coalition Supports President on Health Bill

Nucleic Acids Research - Louisiana State University details research in nucleic acids research

ODS - ODS Partners with the National Institutes of Health's We Can!(TM) Program

PatientPoint, Inc. - Greatwater Software Adopts PatientPoint as New Company Name

Pennsylvania Office of the Governor - Governor Rendell: Extension of Emergency Unemployment Compensation, COBRA Provides Immediate Financial Help to Pennsylvanians

Phillips & Cohen Llp - Pfizer Whistleblower Named Year's Most Influential Person In Business Ethics

Premier Inc. - Oregon Public Employees to Have Wider Access to Lower-Priced Prescription Drugs Through OPDP, Wellpartner Affiliation with the Premier Healthcare Alliance

Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc. - Prospect Medical Holdings Reports Fiscal 2009 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Financial Results

Psychiatry - National Taiwan University details research in psychiatry

PurinaCare Pet Health Insurance - Pet News Parallels the Biggest Stories of 2009

Revel Consulting - Revel Consulting To Slim the Healthcare Waistline and Improve Healthcare Quality with Launch of New Practice

RTI International - One-Fourth of U.S. Adult Health Care Expenditures Associated With Disability

SenditCertified - SenditCertified and GEMMS Partner to Offer Secure Communications between Doctors and Patients

Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council - Senate Health Bill Remains a High-Cost Minefield for Small Business

Smoking - Study findings from D.J. Burgess et al broaden understanding of smoking

The Hartford - Wintertime Wellness Woes: the Hartford Finds Flurry of Disability Claims Due To Respiratory Illnesses, Depression

The TriZetto Group - ValueOptions Goes Live with TriZetto's Clinical CareAdvance System to Enhance Wellness Programs and Create New Disease and Case Management Services

Triad Isotopes, Inc. - Triad Isotopes Announces Agreement to Acquire Network of Covidien's Mallinckrodt Radiopharmacies

Tuberculosis - Research from C. Vanniekerk and co-researchers yields new findings on tuberculosis

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops - 'Abortion Compromise' Does Not Address Core Problem In Senate Health Bill, Says Cardinal DiNardo, Bishops' Pro-Life Chair

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops - Bishops Call Senate Health Care Reform Bill 'Deficient,' Essential Changes Needed Before Moving Forward

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops - Health Reform Bill Needs More Work Despite New Language on Abortion, Say Catholic Bishops

U.S. Conference of Mayors - U.S. Conference of Mayors Congratulates the U.S. Senate on Passing Historic Health Coverage Legislation

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HHS - States Get Bonuses for Boosting Enrollment in Children's Health Coverage

U.S. Department of Justice - Oklahoma Hospital Group Pays U.S. $13 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

U.S. Department of Justice - Three Detroit-Area Residents Plead Guilty to Health Care Fraud

U.S. Department of Justice - Visiting Physicians Association to Pay $9.5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship - Landrieu Small Business Provisions Included in Amendment to Senate Health Care Reform Bill

Unibased Systems Architecture, Inc. - For the 7th Consecutive Year Unibased Systems Architecture, Inc. Has Achieved "Best in KLAS" for the Market Segments Enterprise Scheduling and Surgery Management for the Year 2009

UnitedHealthcare - UnitedHealthcare Ready to Serve Mississippi Children's Health Insurance Program

URAC - URAC Empowers Consumers' Health Care Choices with New Consumer Education Initiative

US Family Health Plan - Local Healthcare Plan Achieves Member Satisfaction Among the Highest in America

USAction - A Promise to Keep. Senate Vote is the First Step Toward the Promise of Quality, Affordable Health Care for All

Weber Shandwick Worldwide - Volunteer program provides quality low-risk operative care to patients in need

Wellness - Masimo Expands its Irvine, California Corporate Headquarters to Accommodate Growth Projections

Word & Brown General Agency - Word & Brown(R) General Agency Named Exclusive General Agent for First Ancillary-Only Benefits Program of Its Kind for California Employers

A.M. Best Co. - A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of American International Group, Inc. and Its Domestic Property/Casualty and Life/Health Subsidiaries

Research and Markets - Reducing Readmission Risk for the Elderly through Care Transition Coaching

Research and Markets - Webinar - Meet the Medical Home Neighbor: Accountable Care Organizations