Managed Care Law Weekly

Life Sciences - Study data from University of North Carolina update understanding of life sciences in children

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

Macular Degeneration - Scientists at Genentech, Inc. report research in macular degeneration

Managed Care - Key to Attracting and Retaining Quality Employees: Benefits

Managed Care - Molina Healthcare of New Mexico Rewards Physicians for Quality Care

Managed Care - Study Validates Medication Therapy Management Principles

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - RehabCare Names CEO for Northland LTAC Hospital

McNeely Pigott & Fox - Proposed Legislation Takes Aim at Soaring Nursing Home Liability Costs in Tennessee

Medex Global Group - MEDEX / Harvard Partnership Now Offers Affordable, New Intelligence to Individual Business & Leisure Travelers

Medicare and Medicaid - A Bright Future for Medicare Beneficiaries in Maine

Medicare and Medicaid - A New Beginning for Medicare Beneficiaries in North Carolina

Medicare and Medicaid - A Safe Bet for Medicare Beneficiaries in the Southeast

Medicare and Medicaid - AAFP Statement - Family Physicians to President Bush: Call for Improved Health Access is Only One Step to Comprehensive Reform

Medicare and Medicaid - ActiveCare Network Supports Patients with Comprehensive, Convenient Vaccination Network

Medicare and Medicaid - AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies Acquires Community Behavioral HealthCare Network of Pennsylvania

Medicare and Medicaid - Bright Options for Medicare Beneficiaries in Louisiana

Medicare and Medicaid - Coalition to Protect Senior Care Gearing Up to Fight Bush Administration Medicare Cuts

Medicare and Medicaid - Expanded Options for Medicare Beneficiaries in Oklahoma

Medicare and Medicaid - Fernandez Appointed to Blue Cross Foundation Board

Medicare and Medicaid - FSSA Announces $1.3 Million Medicaid Transformation Grant

Medicare and Medicaid - Heart of Lancaster and Lancaster Regional Join Highmark Blue Shield Medicare Advantage Network

Medicare and Medicaid - Hospital Quality Improving, Cost, Mortality Rate Trends Declining for Participants in Medicare Pay-for-Performance Project

Medicare and Medicaid - Michigan Dentists Giving Free Dental Care to Low-Income Children During Annual 'Give Kids a Smile' Program Starting February 1

Medicare and Medicaid - MSC Announces the Acquisition of ZoneCare USA, Speedy Re-Employment, and SelectMRI, Further Strengthening Its Leadership Position in Workers' Compensation Cost Containment and Service

Medicare and Medicaid - New medicare and medicaid study results reported from R. Navarro et al

Medicare and Medicaid - New Options for Medicare Beneficiaries in Georgia

Medicare and Medicaid - Participants in studies used as basis for Medicare decisions differ from beneficiaries

Medicare and Medicaid - Report summarizes medicare and medicaid study findings from L.R. Mobley and co-researchers

Medicare and Medicaid - Research by P.Y. Ramulu and colleagues in medicare and medicaid provides new insights

Medicare and Medicaid - Researchers at Psychiatric Institute publish new data on medicare and medicaid

Medicare and Medicaid - Royal Medical Consultants, Inc. Adds Medicare Set-Aside Services

Medicare and Medicaid - San Diego Clinical Laboratories File Lawsuit Against Federal Government

Medicare and Medicaid - Senate Finance Committee Recommends Ways That Medicare Can Enhance Current Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)

Medicare and Medicaid - Sepracor Announces Internal Review of Government Price Reporting Matters

Medicare and Medicaid - Studies from University of Colorado have provided new data on medicare and medicaid

Medicare and Medicaid - Texas Health Care Association Launches New 'Educate '08' Effort to Help Focus Needed Attention on Long Term Care Issues, Medicaid Funding Crisis

Medicare and Medicaid - Three-Quarters of Voters Say Home Based Care is Part of the Medicare Solution

Medicare and Medicaid - UPMC Health Plan Earns Second Consecutive 'Excellent' Rating for its Medicare Product, UPMC for Life

Medicare and Medicaid - WellCare Announces Appointment of Charles Berg as Executive Chairman and Heath Schiesser as President and CEO and Departures of CEO, CFO and General Counsel

Mental Illness - First-of-Its-Kind National Online Survey Uncovers Obstacles to Comprehensive Healthcare for People With Schizophrenia

Mental Illness - First-of-Its-Kind National Survey Uncovers Obstacles to Comprehensive Healthcare for People With Schizophrenia

Michigan Dental Association - Area Dentists, University of Detroit Mercy Team Up to Provide Free Dental Care to Low-Income, Uninsured Detroit-Area Children on Saturday, February 2

Musick Peeler & Garrett Llp - Noted Litigator Peter Diedrich Joins Musick Peeler & Garrett LLP

nTelagent, Inc. - nTelagent's Self-Pay Management System Offers Global Healthcare Providers Price Transparency and Package Pricing to Attract Medical Tourists

Oncology - 91 Percent of Oncologists Polled Report Adverse Patient Events as Result of CMS National Coverage Decision on ESAs

OpimizeRx - FEATURE/HealthCare Reform: Don't Wait Till Nov. '08!

Pain Medicine - Researchers at University of Florida target pain medicine

Pharmaceutical Care Management Association - PCMA: 2008 Health Debate Highlights 'Workable Solutions' Like E-Prescribing

Prime Therapeutics - Prime Therapeutics Becomes First PBM to Join the Center for Health Value Innovation

Priority Health - Priority Health Adds Beaumont Hospitals and United Physicians to its Provider Network

Public Health - Bergen County (NJ) Early Adopter of Health Monitoring Systems' Mergence(TM) Healthcare Data Integration Engine

Regulatory Actions - Medtronic Announces FDA Approval of CGMS(R) iPRO(TM) Continuous Glucose Recorder

Research and Markets Ltd. - New Report a 1130 Page ''Bible'' for Health Plan and Medicare Benefit Interpretations

Samarion Inc. - Samarion(SM) Announces Formation of Outcome Based Study Team for Industry's Only Enterprise Quality Improvement System

Senior Citizens Bureau - Senior Citizens Bureau Empowers Today's Seniors: National Non-profit Serves as Community Resource for Seniors, Their Children, Caregivers and Even Advocates

Stem Cell Research - Research and Markets: Renewing the Stuff of Life Stem Cells Ethics and Public Policy is Both a Primer and a Means by Which to Understand the Implications of This Complex Subject

Suicide - Study data from N. Franchitto et al provide new insights into suicide

Surgery - Top hospitals have 27 percent lower mortality, annual HealthGrades study finds

The Lungen Group - The Lungen Group Orchestrates Business Development Contract Between Industry Leaders Medical Mutual of Ohio and Nationwide Insurance to Support Members of Ohio Farm Bureau

TriZetto Group Inc. - Blue Shield of California Launches Work on System-Wide Technology Upgrade with TriZetto's Facets Software

UnitedHealthcare - PacifiCare of California is Directly Addressing Findings of Regulatory Exams

UnitedHealthcare - REPEAT/PacifiCare of California is Directly Addressing Findings of Regulatory Exams

Vocollect Healthcare Systems - Peninsula United Methodist Homes Completes Enterprise-Wide Deployment of AccuNurse Voice-Assisted Care

Wild Iris Medical Education - Telephone Nursing an Important Component of Managed Healthcare

Zynchros, Inc. - RxHub, LLC & Zynchros, Inc. Announce Certification for Real-time, Comprehensive Formulary Exchange