Managed Care Weekly Digest

Fertility Centers of Illinois, S.C. - Chicago Fertility Clinic Offers Baby or Your Money Back Guarantee

Fitch Ratings - Fitch Affirms Knox Community Hospital Ohio Bonds at 'BBB'; Outlook Stable

Fitch Ratings - Fitch Rates Palomar Pomerado Health CA Bonds 'BBB'; Outlook Stable

Fitch Ratings - Fitch Upgrades Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health NM Bonds to 'BB-'; Outlook Stable

HDNet - HDNet's 'Dan Rather Reports' Exposes Texas 'Pill Mills'

Health Insurance - Health Partners to Offer Health Insurance Through the Children's Health Insurance Program

Health Insurance - Kansas Becomes Latest State to Defend Health Care Choice

Health Insurance - Massachusetts Health Connector Expands Technology Agreement With Perot Systems

Health Insurance - New Research Shows That Insurer Contracting Policies Threaten Success of Health Care Reform

Health Insurance - Pennsylvanians Lose Employment-Based Health Care Faster Than the Nation

Health Insurance - Petfinder.com Aligns With PetFirst Healthcare to Offer Discounted Pet Health Insurance

Health Policy - Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota Announces Scott Leitz as New Director of Child Health Policy and Advocacy

HealthCore - Medical food reduces medical costs and use of anti-convulsant medication

HHS - New Report Highlights How Health Insurance Reform Will Reduce Costs for Small Businesses

HRW, Inc. - HRW, Inc. Community Managers Receive CMCA Designation From National Board for Certification of Community Association Managers

Infor-Med Corporation - Praxis Electronic Medical Records Announces New Version 5 With Breakthrough in EHR Documentation

John M. Snyder - Pelosi Halloween Health Announcement Hides a Trick on American Gun Owners, says Washington Senior Rights Activist

Magellan Health Services, Inc. - Magellan Health Services Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results

Managed Care - Increasing Market Share After Product Wins Place on Managed Care Formulary

MassMutual Retirement Services Division - MassMutual's Third Quarter '09 Retirement Plan Data Shows Participants 'Highly Engaged'

Medica - Medica First Health Plan to Create Mobile App for Comparing Health Care Costs

Medicare and Medicaid - American Association for Homecare Proposes Strong Anti-Fraud Measures in Medicare, Applauds HHS Testimony Today That Pledges to "Stop Fraud Before it Starts"

Medicare and Medicaid - Cardiology Groups Implore President Obama: Stop Medicare Rule That Will Restrict Access to Heart Care

Medicare and Medicaid - Independence Blue Cross Chief Operating Officer to Retire in July 2010

Medicare and Medicaid - Long-Term Care Small Business Leaders Join Maine Providers and National Caregiver Organization in Capitol Hill News Conference

Medicare and Medicaid - Pelosi: 'Today We Are Delivering on the Promise of Making Affordable, Quality Health Care Available for All Americans'

Medicare and Medicaid - Suit Filed Against State on Behalf of 400,000 Michigan Medicaid-Dependents Denied Access to Dental Healthcare

Medversant Technologies, LLC - Medversant Partners with State of Michigan to Centralize Credentials Verification Process Under Medicaid Transformation Grant

North Dakota Long Term Care Association - North Dakota, National Long Term Care Leaders Praise Conrad, Pomeroy, Dorgan for Helping Voice Concerns of Seniors, Caregivers in Washington Health Care Reform Debate

Public Health - Kaiser Permanente Gives $5.2 Million to Endow Center for Health Equity at UCLA

PurinaCare® Pet Health Insurance - Protect Your Pet and Choose Your Vet: PurinaCare(R) Pet Health Insurance Now Available in 46 States, DC

Radio Bilingue - 'Frente a la Crisis - Facing the Crisis'

RelayHealth - RelayHealth Launches TestTrack5010 Solution for Health Plans

Research and Markets - Patient Activation Measure: Assessing the Engaged Healthcare Consumer for Self-Efficacy

Research and Markets Ltd. - Audio Conference on CD-Rom - Health Plan Member Satisfaction Senior Management Imperative: How to Measure It and How to Fix It

Spinal Fractures - Health Alliance Announces Promising Nine-Month Results from First Ever Outcome-Based Reimbursement Program for Actonel(R) (risedronate sodium) Tablets

The American Legion - A Mix of Victories and Defeats in New Defense Act, Says the American Legion

The North Highland Company - North Highland Recruits Top-Level Advisers to Health Care Team

Torchmark Corporation - Torchmark Corporation Raises Dividend

United Food and Commercial Workers International Union UFCW - Powering up the Economy by Improving Retail Jobs

UnitedHealth Group UnitedHealth Group - UnitedHealth Military & Veterans Services Statement on the TRICARE South Region Contract Protest

UnitedHealthcare - UnitedHealthcare Gives Physicians Free Access to National Comprehensive Cancer Network Compendium

USAction - USAction Praises Majority Leader Reid for Leadership in Advancing Public Option

VERIX - Ther-Rx Standardizes on VERIX Performance Management Software

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. - WellCare Names Scott D. Law Senior Vice President, Health Care Delivery

Wellness - Highmark Recognized as One of America's Healthiest Companies

Wellness - IBM To Provide Employees With 100% Primary Health Care Coverage, New Wellness Rebate

Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. - Winn-Dixie to Offer Affordable Health Insurance to Customers in All of Its Florida Stores

Zenith Administrators - Call Center Training Research Survey Ranks Zenith High for Customer Satisfaction