Managed Care Law Weekly

Medicare and Medicaid - Actuarial Study Estimates that Online Care May Reduce Healthcare Costs

Medicare and Medicaid - Actuarial Study Estimates that Online Care May Reduce Healthcare Costs Milliman study shows that the use of online care for certain prescribed circumstances may cut first dollar employer sponsored health plan expenses by $3.36 per-memberDASHS

Medicare and Medicaid - ADA Asks Congress to Strengthen Medicaid Oral Health Programs

Medicare and Medicaid - AHIP: Low-Income and Minority Seniors Depend on Medicare Advantage

Medicare and Medicaid - Los Angeles Jury Convicts Defendant of Fraud Involving More Than $1.1 Million in False Billing to Medicare

Medicare and Medicaid - New CMS Initiative Helps to Assist and Identify Individuals Who Care for Medicare Beneficiaries as Caregivers

Medicare and Medicaid - New findings from Boston University in the area of medicare and medicaid described

Medicare and Medicaid - New Jersey Hospital Pays $3.85 Million to Settle Whistleblower Lawsuit

Medicare and Medicaid - New Jersey Hospital to Pay $3.85 Million to Resolve Allegations of Inflating Charges to Obtain Higher Medicare Reimbursement

Medicare and Medicaid - Physicians Health Choice Hires Blue Clover as Agency of Record

Medicare and Medicaid - Research conducted at University of Minnesota has provided new information about medicare and medicaid

Medicare and Medicaid - Research from University of North Carolina broadens understanding of medicare and medicaid

Medicare and Medicaid - Researchers at University of Texas release new data on medicare and medicaid

Medicare and Medicaid - SCAN Health Plan Arizona Announces Launch of New Medicare Advantage Plan in Maricopa County

Medicare and Medicaid - The Quantum Group Announces Third Quarter Financial Results for Fiscal Year 2008

Medicare and Medicaid - theFranaGroup Secures Nearly $750,000 in New Federal Grant Funding for its Clients; New grant funding adds to total of $100 million in Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements for healthcare clients

Medicare and Medicaid - WOCN Society Ready to Address October 1 Changes Precipitated by New Reimbursement Criteria

MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc. - MedImpact Appoints New Medical Director

MediTract - Chicot Memorial Hospital's Overall Efficiency is on the Rise with MediTract's Contract Management System

Mental Health - Reports summarize mental health study results from Harvard University

ModernMed, Inc. - Physician Offers Innovative Primary Health Care Services to Los Angeles Patients

Molina Healthcare, Inc. - Molina Healthcare of Michigan Recognized by National Committee for Quality Assurance for Innovative Program

Nannies4Hire.com - Inside America's Families: New Data From Nannies4Hire.com Bucks Children's Health National Trend

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization - Public Support for Stopping Hospice Rate Cuts Grows

NewsRx - NewsRx Launches 38 New Science Titles, Offers Free Global Warming Publication

nTelagent, Inc. - nTelagent's Self-Pay Management System Helps Emergency Departments and Patients Across the Country

OneBeacon Insurance Group - OneBeacon Professional Partners Introduces New Hospital Professional Liability Solution

PGBA, Llc - Skarupa Named President of Insurance Claims Processor PGBA

Pneumonia - KDI Health Solutions Rolls Out Nationally Recognized Preventive Health and Chronic Disease Management Programs Across the Carolinas

Premier Inc. - St. Anthony's Medical Center Identifies Savings of $2.4 Million by Expanding Affiliation with Premier Healthcare Alliance

Psychiatry - Reports from Uppsala University, Department of Neuroscience add new data to research in psychiatry

Public Health - Immigrant Children are Increasingly More Likely to Lack Health Coverage

Radiology - RTKL Awarded Technology Planning Contract for University of Chicago Medical Center's New Hospital Pavilion

Regence - Regence Survey Shows Steep Health Plan Learning Curve

Research and Markets Ltd. - Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule for FY2009 Audio Conference Cd-Rom

Research and Markets Ltd. - Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Trends in Spain Revealed

Research and Markets Ltd. - Quarterly Netherlands Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report - Q3 2008

Rite Aid Corporation - Rite Aid Offers Help to Stressed Caregivers

Riverside Health System - Riverside Health System Announces $1 Million Incentive Program for Small Businesses to Offer Insurance Coverage for Employees

SEIU United Healthcare Workers - Caregivers Hold Unfair Labor Practice Strike to Improve Quality of Resident Care at Statewide Nursing Home Chain

SelectHealth - SelectHealth Creates Program to Encourage Fitness Among Fourth-Grade Students

Selectica, Inc. - Selectica to Host Webinar with Famous Independent Research Analyst on Healthcare Contract Management and Stark Law Regulatory Compliance

Service Employees International Union - John McCain's Health Care Plan Based on Same Policies That Are Causing Wall Street Meltdown

Sevocity - Sevocity Announces Grants for Louisiana Providers Who Adopt EHRs Electronic Health Records

Silverchair Learning Systems - Pinon Management Partners With Silverchair Learning Systems

Stem Cell Research - Cryo-Cell Announces Global Expansion of C'elle(TM)

Surgery - CSMS Issues Physician Workforce Survey Report

Take Care Health Systems - Take Care Health Systems to Offer Flu Vaccinations Nationwide

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association - Blue Cross and Blue Shield Companies Working with States To Expand Healthcare Coverage for America's Small Businesses

The Center for Health Value Innovation - Center for Health Value Innovation to Aid Employer-Sponsored Benefit Designs to Support Battle Creek, Michigan Healthcare Initiatives

The TriZetto Group, Inc. - Western & Southern Migrates from TriZetto's ClaimFacts System to Facets Platform

Thromboembolism - Studies from University of Minnesota have provided new information about thromboembolism

Towers Perrin - Towers Perrin Health Care Cost Survey Shows Average Annual Per-Employee Cost of $9,660 in 2009 -- and the Health Care Affordability Gap Widens

United Steelworkers USW - Campaign for Fair Labor Standards for EaglePicher Workers Heats Up; Hundreds Sign Petitions Supporting Joplin Workers; Steelworkers Say Company Taking Advantage of Defense Contractor Status

UnitedHealthcare - Senior Dimensions Lowers Prescription Drug Co-Payments on Many Widely Used Brand-Name Maintenance Drugs

University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences - Medicare HMO costs may prevent cancer patient clinical trial participation

University of Rochester Medical Center - Personality can hamper a physician's assessment of depression

Vemics, Inc. - Vemics Imedicor Acquires Clear Lobby Pharmacutical Communications Platform

Walgreens - Flu Vaccinations Available at Walgreens Pharmacies Nationwide Beginning October 1

Washington University in St. Louis - Racial disparities decline for cancer in Missouri

Water Street Healthcare Partners - Water Street Health Care Partners Completes Agreement With Gentiva Health Services to Acquire Majority Ownership of CareCentrix

WebCE - WebCE First to Offer State-Approved 8-Hour Course for Oklahoma Medicare Advantage CE Requirement

Wellness - AARP: Cornell University Tops 2008 List of Best Employers for Workers Over 50

Wellness - Pennsylvania Commission for Women Delivers First Women's Wellness Guide Kiosk to Allegheny County Jail

Wellness - Pennsylvania Department of Health Recognizes 'Health, Wealth and Wellness Week'

WellPoint, Inc. - WellPoint's Dr. Alan Rosenberg to Address Industry's Top Medical Technology Conference

Wesley Enhanced Living WEL - Aging Revolution Summit to Address the Future of Aging Services

Women's Health - Studies from P. Jiang and co-researchers in the area of women's health published