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Managed Care Weekly Digest


Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . October 6th, 2008
Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only
Related Areas: Other Issues in Managed Care Weekly Digest | Other Publications

Emory University - Study findings help EMS respond to cardiac arrest emergencies more safely and efficiently

Geisinger Health System - Geisinger study: Increasing health care value improves health care quality

Adverse Drug Reactions - Hospital residents report patient-handoff problems common, can lead to patient harm

Henry J. Kaiser Foundation - Yearly Premiums for Family Health Coverage Rise to $12,680 in 2008, Up 5 Percent, As Many Workers Also Face Higher Deductibles

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

Health Maintenance Organizations - Research from Kaiser Permanente, Department of Nephrology provide new insights into health maintenance organizations

Behavior - Research on behavior published by scientists at Oregon Health & Science University

Bipolar Disorder - Data on bipolar disorder discussed by researchers at University of Pittsburgh

Cardiovascular Disease - Research results from University of California update understanding of cardiovascular disease

Colon Cancer - Findings from University of California provide new insights into colon cancer

Epidemiology - Findings in epidemiology reported from College of Medicine

Heart Disease - Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital target heart disease

Life Sciences - Researchers from Medical University of South Carolina report on findings in life sciences

Life Sciences - Studies from University of Toronto update current data on life sciences

Managed Care - Research from Pitney Bowes, Inc. broadens understanding of managed care

Managed Care - Studies in the area of managed care reported from W.K. Fleming and co-researchers

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

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

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

Thromboembolism - Scientists at Brigham and Women's Hospital target thromboembolism

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

Allergies Therapy - Study results from Kaiser Permanente update understanding of allergies therapy

Cervical Cancer Screening Epidemiology - Research findings from University of Jordan update understanding of cervical cancer screening epidemiology

Glaucoma - New glaucoma research reported from Queen's University, Department of Ophthalmology

Health Insurance - Research data from L. Zhang and colleagues update understanding of health insurance

Life Sciences - New life sciences research reported from Center for Health Policy Research and Development

Life Sciences - New pediatric in children study findings have been reported from Heinrich-Heine University, Department of General Pediatrics

Lupus - Research on lupus discussed by scientists at Taipei Medical University, Department of Family Medicine

Lupus Epidemiology - Research results from University of California, Institute for Health Policy Studies update knowledge of lupus epidemiology

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

Suicide - Data from Taipei Medical University advance knowledge in suicide

A.M. Best Company - A.M. Best Revises Rating Outlook of U.S. Life/Health Companies to Negative

AdvaMed 2008 - Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich Featured Wednesday

Aetna - Aetna Offers New Choices for Florida Small Businesses

Aetna - New Medicare Website Provides Customized "Aetna Answers" for Consumers

America's Health Insurance Plans - AHIP: Low-Income and Rural Seniors Depend on Medigap Supplemental Coverage

BIOTECanada - Inaugural BIOTECanada-UCB Pharma National Health Innovation Patient Advocacy Awards Granted

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Provides Testimony at Senate Hearing in Washington

Business Roundtable - Business Roundtable Unveils Health Care Policy Plan

California Academy of Family Physicians - State Government Proves to Be a Poor Partner in Health Care, Family Physicians Say

Calypso Medical Technologies, Inc. - Calypso Medical Technologies, Inc., Announces New Reimbursement Codes for Intrafraction Tracking and Implantable Transponders

Cancer - P.O.V.s Critical Condition Reveals Impact of Being Sick and Uninsured In America

Care2Learn - Care2Learn and Academic Edge, Inc. Deliver New Interactive, Online Pressure Ulcer Course

Cielo MedSolutions - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Approves Cielo MedSolutions' Registry for Automated PQRI Reporting

CIGNA - CIGNA Praises Senators Domenici, Kennedy and Enzi for Authoring New Mental Health Parity Legislation

Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health - Strong association found between prevalence of low white blood count and women of African descent

ConocoPhillips - Woman Wins Gas for Life!

Democratic National Committee - DNC: Scranton Residents to Blast McCain's Risky Combination of Social Security Privatization, New Call to Let Health Insurance Companies Run Wild

Diabetes - Health Partners Uses Star Power to Reach Members

Diabetes Care - Select Minnesota Medical Groups Bridge Disparities Gap

Digital Info Security Company - Digital Info Security Company Pink Sheets: DGIF Offers SAS 70 Certified Email Compliance Solution

Elias/Savion Advertising, Inc. - Elias/Savion Advertising, Inc. Appoints New Public Relations Manager

Fitch Ratings - Fitch Rates Univ Health System of Eastern Carolina's North Carolina $246MM VRDBs 'AA-'/Underlying

Fitch Ratings - Fitch Revises Covenant Health Tennessee Outlook to Positive; Affirms 'A' Rating

Frank N. Darras - Top Insurance Expert Calls on 144,000 Holders of Long-Term Care Polices to Protest an Eleventh Hour Conseco Trust

Frank N. Darras - With the Economy and Large Financial Giants Failing, What Happens to Conseco's 144,000 Long-term Care Policyholders?

Health Insurance - AHIP Statement on Employer Health Benefits Survey

Health Maintenance Organizations - Blue Shield of California and NorthBay Healthcare Reach an Agreement

HealthLeaders-InterStudy - Horizon Blue's Conversion to For-Profit Status May Alter Plan's Existing Pricing Strategy

HealthMarkets, Inc. - HealthMarkets Announces Resignation of President and Chief Operating Officer David W. Fields

Heart Attack - Medco Study: Medicare Coverage Gap Leads to Drop off in Drug Therapy for High Cholesterol Patients; Brand Medication Users at Greatest Risk

Highmark Inc. - Highmark Inc. Recognized by National Committee for Quality Assurance for Efforts to Reduce Health Care Disparities

Hypercom Corporation - Hypercom medCompact Is First Terminal Approved for Germany's New Electronic Health Card

Implantable Provider Group - Former WellPoint Senior Executive Appointed Executive Chairman of Implantable Provider Group's Board of Directors

Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education - LIFE Lessons Scholarship Winners Share Personal Struggles to Emphasize Importance of Life Insurance

Life Sciences - AHRQ News and Numbers: More U.S. Children Getting Government Dental Insurance

Life Sciences - AHRQ News and Numbers: PatientsHospital Bills Jumped $70 Billion in Just One Year

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Care Improvement Plus Partners with Atlanta Regional Commission to Provide Preventive Services to Area Seniors

MDdatacor, Inc. - MDdatacor Chosen to Support Health Care Quality Program for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska

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 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 - 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

Mental Illness - APHA Praises House and Senate for Passing Critical Mental Health Legislation

ModernMed, Inc. - Physician Offers Innovative Primary Health Care Services to Provo Area Patients

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

myGoodAdvice.com - myGoodAdvice.com Launches Free Feature That Gives Web-Based Advice New Levels of Personalization, Value

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

Novell, Inc. - Novell Expands Endpoint Security Management with Network Access Control

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

Pennsylvania Department of Insurance - Insurance Department Reports Increase in CHIP Enrollment, Thanks in Part to Community Marketing Initiative

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

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

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. - Quarterly Netherlands Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report - Q3 2008

Research and Markets Ltd. - This Essential Q3 2008 Report on the United States Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Industry Is Now Available

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

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

Stanford University Medical Center - Creative Thinking Nets Stanford Researchers Two NIH Pioneer Awards, Three New Innovator Awards

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

Surgery - CSMS Issues Physician Workforce Survey Report

The McGraw-Hill Companies - The McGraw-Hill Companies Named Among Top 10 Best Companies for Working Mothers by Working Mother Magazine

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

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

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

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

WellPoint NextRx - WellPoint NextRx Receives TIPPS Recertification from the HR Policy Association

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

yourpetmemorial.net - Orlando Pet Memorial Firm Assists in Funding Animal Rescue Centers



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