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Managed Care Weekly Digest


Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . May 25th, 2009
Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only
Related Areas: Other Issues in Managed Care Weekly Digest | Other Publications

American Society of Nephrology - Kidney disease patients reap rewards of prevention

JAMA and Archives Journals - Diet and exercise intervention helps older, overweight cancer survivors reduce functional decline

Cancer - Retrospective Analysis Finds Treatment of Cancer Chemotherapy Patients With Epoetin Alfa Associated With Lower Drug Cost Than Darbepoetin Alfa

Diagnostics - Study results from R.C. Smith et al provide new insights into diagnostics

Arthritis - Research on arthritis reported by E. Flipon et al

Cancer - Findings from University of Texas provide new insights into cancer

Dementia - Research from University of New South Wales has provided new information about dementia

Health Insurance - New health insurance findings from Harvard University published

Health Insurance - Reports from B.B. Markovic et al highlight recent research in health insurance

Medicare and Medicaid - Scientists at University of Washington publish research in medicare and medicaid

Medicare and Medicaid - Study data from University of Sydney update understanding of medicare and medicaid

Mental Health - New mental health research from Y. Jang et al outlined

Ulcerative Colitis - New ulcerative colitis study findings have been published by scientists at Mayo Clinic

A.M. Best Co. - A.M. Best Downgrades Issuer Credit Rating of South Dakota State Medical Holding Co., Inc.

Access to Medical Imaging Coalition - AMIC Unveils RightScanRightTime.org

Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation - CORRECTING and REPLACING New Report: Home Health Care Saves Billions for Medicare

Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation - New Report: Home Health Care Saves Billions for Medicare

America's Health Insurance Plans - Health Savings Account Enrollment Reaches Eight Million

American Academy of Nursing, Washington, D.C. - University of Miami President Donna E. Shalala, Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell: Nurse Practitioners Are Key to Obama Health Care Reform, Call for Increased Federal Funding for Innovative Nurse-Managed Health Ca

Autism - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Plans to Offer Customer Groups Ability to Purchase Coverage of Autism Treatment Programs that Provide Intensive Early Intervention

Bulletin News, Llc - Custom Briefings Launches E-Newsletter for the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy

Colon Cancer - CMS Denial of Coverage for Virtual Colonoscopy May Cost Lives

Colon Cancer - Decision by Medicare's CMS to Deny Coverage for 'Virtual' Colon Cancer Tests Underscores Lack of Evidence on Cancer Prevention

Committee to Save Independent Hme Suppliers, Llc - New Organization Formed To Save Independent Medical Equipment Suppliers

Consumer Watchdog - President Obama, Sens. Kennedy & Baucus: Don't Buy Insurer 'Compromise' for Bush-era Plan to Gut State Consumer Protection Laws

Consumer Watchdog - Sen. Max Baucus: Answer 10 Questions About Mandatory Purchase of Health Insurance Including Why the Public Was Excluded From Today's Committee Meeting

Diabetes - VSP Vision Care Study: Annual Eye Exams Save Companies Nearly $3 Billion Each Year

Eldercare Services - Hospital Discharge – a Danger to Older Adults? Eldercare Services Can Help

Express Scripts, Inc. - Express Scripts to Present at Deutsche Bank Health Care Conference

Fitch Ratings - Fitch Affirms Cullman Regional Medical Center, AL's Outstanding Debt at 'BBB-'; Outlook Negative

Fitch Ratings - Fitch Downgrades Midland National Life & North American Co. for Life & Health Insurance's IFS to 'A'

Fitch Ratings - Fitch Rates Silver Cross Hospital, IL Series 2009 Revs 'BBB+'; Dwngrs Outstanding; Outlook Stable

Fitch Ratings - Fitch Rates Virginia Public Building Authority's 2009B Revs 'AA+'; Outlook Stable

Group & Pension Administrators, Inc. - San Antonio Company Lowers Healthcare Cost by over 40%

Health Insurance - Actuaries: Addressing Health Spending Growth is Path to Sustainable Health Care System

Health Insurance - Alliance for Patient Access Wants Health Care Code of Conduct

Health Insurance - Health Insurance: Stay Protected Amid Layoffs, Budget Cuts

Health Insurance - IBM Helps Government of Slovenia to Build Smart Health Insurance System

Health Insurance - New Study Finds Fewer Families Can Afford Health Insurance

Health Net of Arizona, Inc. - Health Net of Arizona Bolsters Provider Network and Signs Multi-Year Agreement

Health WorldNet, Inc. - HealthWorldNet.com Announces HealthWiNs Awards

Heart, Diabetes & Weight Loss Centers of New York - Dr. Fred Vagnini to Appear at NYC Major Health Conferences

HMS Holdings Corp. - HMS Holdings Corp. to Present at 2009 Deutsche Bank Healthcare Conference

Humana - Hawaii Medical Center Signs Agreement to Provide Care to Humana’s Medicare Advantage PPO members

Hythiam, Inc. - Hythiam Announces First Quarter Results

Law Offices of Howard G. Smith - Law Offices of Howard G. Smith Announces Investigation on Behalf of Shareholders of Community Health Systems, Inc.

LHC Group, Inc. - LHC Group Announces First Quarter 2009 Results

LIFE Foundation; America's Health Insurance Plans - Financial Impact on Disabled Individuals Can Be Staggering, Says New Study

Life Sciences - Axis Technology Launches Data Masking Platform Specifically for Small to Medium-Sized Companies

Life Sciences - Emergency Physicians Take Issue with Secretary Sebelius' Statements about Emergency Care and "Medical Homes"

Life Sciences - Ingenix CareTracker Enables EMR Adoption for As Little As $5,000; Low-cost, web-based EMRs help health care providers improve care and benefit from stimulus incentives

Managed Care - IROs Help Cut Health Plan Costs During the Recession

Managed Care - Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals Report First Quarter 2009 Financial Results

Managed Care - NCQA Accreditation Status of Excellence Awarded to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia

Managed Care - Top Blue Cross and Blue Shield-Branded Managed Care Organizations Lost More Than One Million Members in the First Half of 2008

Medicare and Medicaid - Actuaries: Trustees' Reports Warn of Looming Financial Challenges Facing Retirement Programs

Medicare and Medicaid - Avalere Shows Home Health Interventions Associated with Lower Medicare Spending and Re-Hospitalizations for Patients With Chronic Illness

Medicare and Medicaid - Catching Criminals, Stopping Fraud in Medicare & Medicaid Effort seeks to recapture estimated $60 billion lost each year to Medicare & Medicaid scams

Medicare and Medicaid - CMS Awards Medicaid Integrity Program Contract to HMS

Medicare and Medicaid - Concord Coalition Says New Trustees' Report Demonstrates the Importance of Health Care Cost Control

Medicare and Medicaid - NACDS Commends Senators Tester and Roberts for Legislation Protecting Patient Access to Community Pharmacies - Bill Aims to Exempt Pharmacies from CMS Surety Bond Regulation -

Medicare and Medicaid - New Economic Impact Study: Obama Administration Implementation of Bush-Era Medicare Regulation Will Cost U.S. $2.5 Billion in Business Activity, Cut Over 30,000 Jobs

Medicare and Medicaid - Pelosi Statement on Annual Report of Social Security and Medicare Trustees

Medicare and Medicaid - Single Payer Health Care Ads on National Television

Medicare and Medicaid - SXC Health Solutions expands presence in state Medicaid programs

Medicare and Medicaid - XLHealth Statement on Social Security and Medicare Trustees Report

Metropolitan Health Networks, Inc. - MetCare of Florida Connecting Seniors with Benefit Programs Through the National Council on Aging’s BenefitsCheckUp®

National Center for Policy Analysis - NCPA Briefing Raises Questions About Trustees' Annual Report

National Press Club - Low-Reimbursement Rate Threatens Wheelchair for Wounded Vets

Open Solutions Inc. - Raddon Study Shows How Small Businesses Are Responding to Economic Conditions

Pediatrics - Show Mom and Dad You Care Every Day of the Year; Give the Gift of Health Advocacy this Mother's and Father's Days

Pediatrics - UnitedHealthcare Children's Foundation To Award More Medical Grants for Child Health Care Needs in New Jersey

Pennsylvania Department of the Auditor General - Auditor General Jack Wagner Finds New Castle Area School District Improperly Received $54,784 in State Funds

Pfizer Inc - Greg Simon, Noted Leader In Health and Science Policy, Joins Pfizer

Pharmaceutical Care Management Association PCMA - PCMA: New National Generic Pharmaceutical Study Finds Savings of $734 Billion Over the Last Decade

Pharmaceuticals - The National Council on Aging and CVS/pharmacy Educate Georgia Seniors about Medication Management and Ways to Save Money on Prescription Drugs

Renaissance Life & Health Insurance Company of America - Renaissance Healthy Savings Card Announces New Dental Network, Now Includes Discounts on Chiropractic and Alternative Health

Research and Markets - Cholesterol Monitoring: Self- and Near-Testing Creating Opportunities

Research and Markets - Healthcare Pricing and Reimbursement in the United Arab Emirates

Research and Markets - Nigeria Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q2 2009 Report

Research and Markets - Turkey Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q2 2009

Research and Markets Ltd. - Knowledge Translation in Health Care: Moving from Evidence to Practice

RetireSafe - More Dire Warnings for Social Security

Robert Weiner Associates - 4-Star Gen. Barry McCaffrey to Be Featured Speaker at Palm Beach, Fla., National Conference of Drug & Alcohol Addiction Treatment Providers; Will Urge Drug Treatment Be Part of National Health Insurance Reforms

SCORR Marketing - SCORR Marketing Named Agency of Record by Skilled Care Pharmacy

Sepsis - Medical Simulation Corporation to Introduce Central Line Management Program at the National Teaching Institute and Critical Care Exposition

Sidley Austin LLP - Former Acting General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, James C. Stansel, Rejoins Sidley Austin LLP

Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc. - Siemens Joins the Hearing Industries Association on Capitol Hill to Promote the Hearing Aid Tax Credit Act

The National Association for Home Care & Hospice - '50 Nurses from 50 States' Visit Capitol Hill to Preserve Home Health Medicare Benefit for their Patients and All Americans

Thomson Reuters - Thomson Reuters Honors Keystone Mercy and AmeriHealth Mercy Health Plans and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare

TriZetto - TriZetto Survey: Health Plans Using ICD-10 to Drive Strategic IT Initiatives and Create Foundation for Integrated Healthcare Management

University of Wisconsin-Madison - Early Alzheimer's diagnosis offers large social, fiscal benefits

UPMC Health Plan - UPMC Health Plan Sponsors 'School of Swing' with MCG Jazz

Upp Technology, Inc. - Upp Technology, Inc. Unveils IRMS Clinic Management Module

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. - WellCare Reports First Quarter 2009 Results

WellCentive - WellCentive joins Executive Committee of the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative

Zscaler - Ulster-Greene ARC Selects Zscaler for Data Loss Prevention and Web 2.0 Security



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