Managed Care Weekly Digest

Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen - German Research Center for Environmental Health - Socio-demographic factors influence costs of back pain

Humana Inc. - Humana to Allow Early Prescription Refills in Missouri Disaster Areas

International & American Association for Dental Research - How effective are dental referrals by primary care physicians?

Longs Drug Stores Corporation - Longs Drug Stores to Continue to Service Medi-Cal Patients

Managed Care - Rising Medical Solutions, Inc. Expands Its California Managed Care Services to Include Utilization Review Program

Managed Care - Scott & White Health Plan Licenses Medstat Advantage Suite(R) from Thomson Reuters

Medicare and Medicaid - Arcadian Health Plan Addresses Medicare Doctor Payment Cuts

Medicare and Medicaid - Doctor Diabetic Supply Helps Diabetics to Receive Their Testing Supplies as Medicare's Competitive Bidding Program Starts

Medicare and Medicaid - Indiana State Medical Association and AARP Urge Reconsideration of Bill to Protect Seniors' Access to Doctors and Improve Medicare

Medicare and Medicaid - Medicare Competitive Bidding Program Starts July 1; Providers Announce 'We're Ready!'

Medicare and Medicaid - Medicare Defeat a Concern for OSMA Physicians

Medicare and Medicaid - Medicare Fraud Convictions Result in Prison Terms for Mother and Two Daughters

Medicare and Medicaid - New AMA Ads Blast Senate Inaction on Medicare Cuts That Begin Today

Medicare and Medicaid - Owner of Medical Equipment Company Sentenced to 130 Months in Prison for Health Care Fraud

Medicare and Medicaid - Proposed Congressional Legislation Would Cut $143 Million from the Medicare Advantage Program in Georgia

Medicare and Medicaid - Proposed Congressional Legislation Would Cut $222 Million from the Medicare Advantage Program in Massachusetts

Medicare and Medicaid - Proposed Congressional Legislation Would Cut $358 Million From the Medicare Advantage Program in Texas

Medicare and Medicaid - Proposed Congressional Legislation Would Cut $385 Million From the Medicare Advantage Program in Ohio

Medicare and Medicaid - Proposed Congressional Legislation Would Cut $6.6 Million from the Medicare Advantage Program in New Hampshire

Medicare and Medicaid - Proposed Congressional Legislation Would Cut $784 Million From the Medicare Advantage Program in New York

Medicare and Medicaid - Proposed Congressional Legislation Would Cut $841 Million From the Medicare Advantage Program in Pennsylvania

Medicare and Medicaid - SCAN Health Plan Arizona and SCAN Long Term Care Appoints Thomas Lescault President of Arizona Operations

Medicare and Medicaid - Seniors Mobilizing Against Medicare Advantage Cuts

Medicare and Medicaid - State, National Long Term Care Community Applauds Arkansas Leaders in U.S. Senate and U.S. House for Helping Lead Effort to Block $770 Million Bush Medicare Cuts

Medicare and Medicaid - State, National Long Term Care Community Applauds Michigan Leaders in U.S. Senate and U.S. House for Helping Lead Effort to Block $770 Million Bush Medicare Cuts

Medicare and Medicaid - State, National Long Term Care Community Applauds New Hampshire Leader in U.S. Senate for Helping Lead Effort to Block $770 Million Bush Medicare Cuts

Medicare and Medicaid - Thomson Reuters Chosen to Provide Analytic Services to Help Kentucky Uncover Medicaid Fraud and Waste

Medicare and Medicaid - Young Man With Severe Disabilities Wins Right to Services From State Enabling Him to Live At Home

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation - Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation to Appeal Judgment in Alabama Pricing Case

Pennsylvania Department of Insurance - Pennsylvanians Encouraged to Take Steps to Make Summer Safe, Worry-Free

Physician Hospitals of America - Physician Hospitals of America Applauds Congress on Passage of Supplemental Appropriation

Silverchair Learning Systems - Paramount Health Care Company Partners With Silverchair Learning Systems

Silverchair Learning Systems - Tealwood Care Centers Partners With Silverchair Learning Systems and Swett & Crawford

SleepQuest - SleepQuest to Open San Francisco Office

The Quantum Group, Inc. - The Quantum Group Adds New Insurance Product for Physicians

The TriZetto Group Inc. - Two BlueCross BlueShield Plans Select TriZetto's Software to Determine Patient Liability and Adjudicate Claims in Real-Time

Thomson Reuters - Scott & White Health Plan Licenses Medstat Advantage Suite from Thomson Reuters

UFCW 8-Golden State - Northern California UFCW Unions Win Gains for Rite Aid Workers

UniCare Health Plans of the Midwest, Inc. - UniCare to Manage Behavioral Health Benefits for Illinois HMO Members

Urologix, Inc. - Urologix Announces Appointment of CEO and Director

Xerox Corporation - Xerox Provides the Right Prescription to Print Tamper-Proof Pads for the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System