Managed Care Weekly Digest

Health Insurance - Robert Reich Challenges Senate Democrats to Fight for Public Health Insurance Option to Control Costs

Health Insurance - U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce Advocates Strong Healthcare Reforms in Support of American Values

HealthLeaders-InterStudy - Electronic Medical Record Technology Uptake Faces Challenges

Heart Failure - West Wireless Health Institute Teams with Corventis for its First Multicenter, Randomized Clinical Trial

Highmark Inc. - Highmark Program Receives Top Community Leadership Award

HighRoads - Fortune 500 Employers Turn to HighRoads as the President’s Budget Boosts DOL Enforcement

HMS - HMS Urges Healthcare Reform Measures to Manage Costs, Target Resources, Fight Fraud

HTH Worldwide - Angelo Masciantonio, CEO and Co-Founder of HTH Worldwide Named Ernst & Young 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year(R) in Greater Philadelphia

Humana Inc. - Humana Announces Strategic Alliance with CUNA Mutual Group

Insurance.com - Hit by an Uninsured Motorist? Get Help with Auto Insurance Claim Questions

JAMA and Archives Journals - Total knee replacement appears cost-effective in older adults

Life Sciences - AHRQ News and Numbers: Childbirth Injuries Fall Sharply, but More Could Be Prevented

Magellan Health Services - National Imaging Associates’ Perspective on Health Care Reform

Managed Care - Leading Health Plan Utilizes MEDai Solution to Reduce Hospital Admissions and Target Interventions

Managed Care - UPMC and UPMC Health Plan Recognized by National Business Group on Health As a Leading Employer Promoting Healthy Lifestyles for Its Employees

MAXIMUS - MAXIMUS Notified of Tentative Award from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission

Medicare and Medicaid - AARP Launches Money-Saving Prescription Drug Resource

Medicare and Medicaid - Easter Seals Applauds Agreement to Cut Costs of Prescription Medications

Medicare and Medicaid - First Coast Medicare to Provide Case by Case Reimbursement for the Renessa(R) Treatment for Incontinence in Women

Medicare and Medicaid - Hospice Community Urges President Obama to Stop Funding Cuts

Medicare and Medicaid - Hospice of Michigan President and CEO Available for Comment on New England Journal of Medicine Article on Profits in Hospice Industry and Proposed Changes From MedPAC

Medicare and Medicaid - National Medical Association Applauds President Obama's and Senator Baucus's Efforts to Work With PhRMA to Bring Down Health Care Costs and Advance Meaningful Reforms

Medicare and Medicaid - RetireSafe Salutes Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America for Its Commitment to Cut Drug Prices and Help Seniors in the Medicare 'Doughnut-Hole'

Medicare and Medicaid - WellPoint State Sponsored Business Launches New Program with Arcadia HealthCare to Help Improve Medication Safety, Efficacy and Compliance for Medicaid Members

Merck & Co., Inc. - Merck & Co., Inc. Statement on Medicare Part D Assistance

Mitchell Yass - One Man's Mission to Improve Our Healthcare System and Resolve Chronic Pain

MRO Corp. - MRO Corp. Announces Audit Tracker Online Contracts with Wellspan and Western Maryland Health System

National Association for the Self-Employed - Micro-Businesses Offer Strong Opinions On Health Reform Proposals

National Cooperative Business Association - Cooperatives Can Address Health Care Needs if Properly Defined and Adequate Consumer Protections are Established

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization - NHPCO Comments on NEJM Article and Emphasizes Position of Hospice Community

One Call Medical, Inc. - Survey of Independent Imaging Centers Reveals That Diagnostic Radiology Networks Play a Critical Role in Channeling Patients

Orthopedics - Technological Advancements Shift Site-of-Care From the Operating Room to Your Doctor's Office

Pediatrics - Something to Smile About

Pharmaceuticals - Businesses, Community Leaders Invited to Come Together to Examine the Rising Cost of Healthcare

Pharmaceuticals - HCPC Calls for Greater Healthcare Savings Through Improved Adherence to Prescription Drug Regimens

Physicians Healthcare Management Group, Inc. - Phyhealth Issues 2008 Audited Financial Statements and Provides Business Update

Powell Tate - Data: Actual imaging use far below president's recommended 95 percent utilization rate for Medicare

Quick-Med Technologies, Inc. - Quick-Med Technologies Announces First Commercial Sales of NIMBUS® Wound Care Products

Research and Markets - Consumer Healthcare 2009 Handbook: Assess US Healthcare Planning and Decisionmaking from a Consumer/Patient Perspective

Research and Markets - World Firewall Management Solutions Market Report: Examine Latest Factors Effecting the Industry

Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union - Retail Union Head Blasts Merchants Group for Opposition to Health Care Reform

SeaBright Insurance Holdings, Inc. - SeaBright’s Total HealthCare Management Names New COO

Silverlink Communications - Dr. Jan Berger Joins Silverlink as Chief Medical Officer

Stanford University School of Medicine - Media Advisory: Stanford Podcast Says Government-Run Health Care is Not the Solution

SynerMed - SynerMed Announces Partnership with Torrance Hospital IPA to Deliver Next-Generation IT Solution, Prepare for EHR Interoperability

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - HHS Announces Initiatives in Support of the “Year of Community Living”

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Statement by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius On the 10th Anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court Decision Olmstead v. L.C.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HHS - HHS Secretary Sebelius Announces Release of $6 Billion in New CHIP Funds to Insure Children

U.S. Department of Justice - Eight Miami-Area Residents Charged in $22 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme Involving Home Health Care Agencies

U.S. Department of Justice - Medicare Fraud Strike Force Operations Lead to Charges Against 53 Doctors, Health Care Executives and Beneficiaries for More Than $50 Million in Alleged False Billing in Detroit

University of California - Los Angeles - Long-term care costs exceed yearly income for many Calif. seniors living alone

University of California - San Francisco - UCSF commentators call for health reform to revitalize primary care

Wellness - Independent Health to Begin Offering Its Members Vitamins, Supplements and Natural Products