Managed Care Weekly Digest
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . June 25th, 2007
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Heart Attack - Black patients less likely to receive certain coronary procedures following heart attack
Managed Care - Insomniacs pay higher health-care costs than noninsomniacs
Medicare and Medicaid - As dialysis becomes a target of cost control, doctor-patient relationship is key
Oropharyngeal Cancer - Studies link insurance coverage to more advanced cancers
Aneurysm - Rudy Boesch: Still Living Life to the Fullest as a "Survivor" in More Ways Than One
Erythropoiesis - CMS Coverage Proposal for Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents (ESAs) Jeopardizes Cancer Clinical Practice and Patient Access
Health Insurance - Children's Defense Fund's Healthy Child Campaign Receives More Than 1000 Endorsements
Health Insurance - Pennsylvania Governor Rendell Announces Another Record Growth Month for Expanded CHIP Program
Health Insurance - Regulation of Rising Health Insurance Rates Passes Assembly
Health Maintenance Organizations - Shake-Up in Omaha Health Plan Front Could Challenge UnitedHealth Group's HMO Market-Leading Position
HIV/AIDS - Vendor Deceives Crist Administration to Get Florida AIDS Contract, Says AHF
Managed Care - Buckeye Community Health Plan Receives Prestigious NCQA Accreditation
Managed Care - DST Health Solutions Presents Consumer-Directed Health Session at AHIP Institute in Las Vegas
Managed Care - Foote Health System to Partner With Leading Michigan Health Plan
Managed Care - Health Care Plans and Consumer Groups Unite and Call on Legislature to Pass Rx Gift Disclosure Law
Managed Care - MEDecision's Patient Clinical Summary To Be Implemented by Memphis Managed Care Corporation
Managed Care - New Survey: Consumer-directed Health Plan Growth Levels Off Among Employers; Plan Sponsors Embrace Generics
Managed Care - Payformance Signs Eleventh Major Health Plan
Managed Care - US Family Health Plan & Health Integrated Expand Partnership to Improve Healthcare for U.S. Military Families and Retirees
Managed Care - Verticals onDemand Joins Forces with MediMedia to Launch the First CRM Solution with Pre-Loaded Formulary Data
Medicare and Medicaid - Actuaries Say Medicare Needs Reform, Discuss Options
Medicare and Medicaid - APS Healthcare to Provide Utilization Review Services for Alabama Medicaid
Medicare and Medicaid - CAPG Study Demonstrates Value of Medicare Advantage over Traditional Medicare
Medicare and Medicaid - CMS, Plans Face Huge Hurdles, Deadlines As They Attempt to Reconcile 2006 Payments
Medicare and Medicaid - Companion Data Services 'Goes Live' with Enterprise Data Center Operations
Medicare and Medicaid - Consumers Union Supports Proposed Medicare Rules Aimed at Reducing Hospital Infections & Medical Errors
Medicare and Medicaid - HealthSpring Announces Continuation of Increased Medical Cost Trends
Medicare and Medicaid - Higher Medicare Reimbursement for Freedom60 Syringe Infusion Pump
Medicare and Medicaid - Magellan Health Services Awarded Maricopa County, Arizona Medicaid Contract
Medicare and Medicaid - Medicare Cuts to Physicians Will Harm Utah Seniors
Medicare and Medicaid - Medicare Trustee: Seniors' Health Care Bill Will Double as Baby Boomers Retire
Medicare and Medicaid - National Ambulance Provider Rural/Metro Corporation to Pay U.S. $2.5 Million for Violating False Claims Act
Medicare and Medicaid - Navicure Now Submits NPI Values to All Medicare, Medicaid, Blue Cross/Blue Shield and Commercial Plans
Medicare and Medicaid - NCPA-Pfizer Digest Preliminary Data Shows Independent Community Pharmacies Have Been Hurt by Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan
Medicare and Medicaid - NEW CMS Study: Medicare 75% Rule Benefiting Elderly Patients, Saving Taxpayer Dollars
Medicare and Medicaid - Promise Hospital of Phoenix Relocates to Phoenix Memorial Healthcare Center Campus
Medicare and Medicaid - RediClinic Now Accepting Traditional Medicare
Medicare and Medicaid - State Medicaid Programs Reduce Costs with Technology
Medicare and Medicaid - University General Hospital Earns CAP Accreditation
Medicare and Medicaid - ValueOptions Awarded Contract to Manage Substance Abuse Services in Kansas
Health Insurance - Investigators at National Taipei University target health insurance
Medicare and Medicaid - Research from RTI International provide new insights into medicare and medicaid in women
Multiple Sclerosis Epidemiology - New findings from Brigham and Women's Hospital in the area of multiple sclerosis epidemiology described
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