Managed Care Weekly Digest

Health Insurance - Rudy Rivas, CEO & President of HSAInside.com Provides Health Insurance Solutions for a Recession

Health Insurance - U.S. Department of Labor announces $1.2 million grant to provide nearly 700 North Carolina workers with health insurance payments as part of Trade Adjustment Assistance benefits

Health Insurance For All Americans - HIFAAM: Rallying for Affordable Health Insurance for ALL Americans

Health Maintenance Organizations - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Announces Expansion of BlueMedicare Plans Into Additional Counties

Health Net, Inc. - Health Net's Martha Smith Named to Integrated Healthcare Association Board of Directors

Health Policy - Erin M. Sullivan Joins Abt Bio-Pharma Solutions, Inc., as Senior Director, Reimbursement & Health Economics

HealthLeaders-InterStudy - Fragmented Physician Population and Highly Competitive Health Systems Define Columbia, S.C., MSA

HealthMadeEasy.com - HealthMadeEasy.com: Our Healthcare System Is Hemorrhaging

HealthTrio LLC - CMS and Department of Defense DoD Collaborate to Expand CMS' South Carolina Pilot Project Powered by HealthTrio's Personal Health Record

HIV/AIDS - Medicare Fraud Strike Force Indicts Eight Miami-Dade Residents for AIDS/HIV Infusion Fraud

Houston Northwest Medical Center - Houston Northwest Medical Center Awarded 11 CIGNA HealthCare Quality Designations

Humana Inc. - Humana Introduces New Individual Health Insurance Plans In Nevada

Imperial Structured Settlements, LLC - Imperial Structured Settlements, LLC Employees Reach Out to Hurricane Ike Victim in Texas

Institute for Policy Innovation - Only the First of Many Future Bailouts

International Brotherhood of Teamsters - Hoffa Expresses Solidarity With Sugarcane Workers in Colombia

IPRO - IPRO Spins Off Managed Care Review Affiliate

LearnCDHC - LearnCDHC Bridges Education Gap on Consumer Directed Healthcare

Life Sciences - Bravo Health Presents Network Quality Improvement Program Bonus to Baltimore Medical System; First Bonus Checks Paid to Primary Care Providers this Month

Life Sciences - RNCOS Releases a New Report- Global Pharmaceutical Market Forecast to 2012

Managed Care - Anthem Blue Cross is Honored for Innovative Program that Addresses Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care

Managed Care - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Board Names Patrick Geraghty President and CEO

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Health Care Stakeholders Release 'How-To' Guide to Help Clinicians Switch from Paper to E-Prescribing Systems

MAXIMUS - Independent Review of MAXIMUS-Administered California SCHIP Program Yields Exceptional Results

Medical Mutual of Ohio - How To Make the Best Choices for Your 2009 Health Benefits

Medical Mutual of Ohio - Medical Mutual of Ohio Wins Top Web Site Award

Medicare and Medicaid - BlueCare(R) Family Plan, the Medicaid (HUSKY) Health Plan Administered by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Administrator, LLC in Connecticut, Raises Awareness, Funds and D

Medicare and Medicaid - First Coast Service Options Wins National Medicare Contract

Medicare and Medicaid - Greenway Medical Technologies' Flagship EHR Solution, PrimeSuite, Complies with e-Prescribing Regulations Taking Effect in January 2009

Medicare and Medicaid - Senior Market Sales Makes Inc. 5,000 List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies

Medicare and Medicaid - Summa Health System Hosts Inaugural Health Policy Summit

Medicare and Medicaid - TNAHSA Puts Long-Term Health Care on Presidential Candidates' Radar

Medicare and Medicaid - U.S. Intervenes in False Claims Act Suit Against McKesson Corp. and Golden Horizons Nursing Homes

Medicare and Medicaid - VisionShare Inc. and Foresight Corp. Partner to Introduce New System for Healthcare Payers

Mental Health - AHIP Commends Congress for Passage of Bipartisan Mental Health Parity Legislation

Mental Health - Americans One Step Away From Receiving Mental Health Coverage

Mental Health - Mental Health America Hails Approval of Federal Parity Legislation

Mental Illness - APHA Applauds Congress for Passing Long-Overdue Mental Health Legislation

Mental Illness - NAMI Applauds Bipartisan Mental Illness Insurance Parity Bill

Molina Healthcare, Inc. - Molina Healthcare of Florida Awarded Medicaid Contract

NewsRx - NewsRx Launches New Business Titles, Offers Free Global Warming Publication

Norvax - Norvax Reveals the Face of the Online Health Insurance Shopper

Premier Inc. - Park Nicollet Expands Premier Healthcare Alliance Affiliation to Include Web-Based Infection Tracking Tool

PRG-Schultz International, Inc. - PRG-Schultz Statement on the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Program Awards

Public Agenda - What Happened to Health Care Reform in the Presidential Campaign?

Research and Markets Ltd. - Engaging Physicians in Pay for Performance: a Professional Guide to Promoting Partnerships That Align Data, Dollars, Care & Quality

Research and Markets Ltd. - Malaysia Pharmaceuticals to Reach US$1.52bn by 2012, Which Is Slightly Less Than the Q208 Forecast of US$1.82bn

Rite Aid Corporation - Rite Aid Pharmacies to Host Flu & Pneumonia Shot Clinics October 21-23 at Nearly 1,300 Locations

SaveThePlasticBag.com - SaveThePlasticBag.com Calls for Suspension of Anti-Plastic Bag Initiatives to Protect American Jobs During Economic Crisis

UPMC Health Plan - America On the Move (AOM) in Pittsburgh Seeking 'Schools On the Move'

Webster, Chamberlain & Bean - Lawsuit Against Social Security Administration and HHS Filed Today

WellCentive, Llc - Leading Physician Organization Implements the WellCentive Registry

Wyndstorm Corporation - 3D Social Media Application Aims to Cut Workplace Obesity