Managed Care Weekly Digest

Medicare and Medicaid - Coalition Applauds McGuinty Government for Taking Steps to Safeguard Single-Tier Medicare

ABILITY Network Inc - New ABILITY Product Offers Hospital Administrators Real-Time Benefits Verification Solution

Medicare and Medicaid - Scientists at Northwestern University Target Medicare and Medicaid

Medicare and Medicaid - Studies from University of Pennsylvania Have Provided New Information about Medicare and Medicaid

Medicare and Medicaid - USAction: National Call for New Revenue

Medicare and Medicaid - "Hero Health Hire" Initiative Supports Employment of America's Wounded Warriors

Health Insurance - A.M. Best Removes Ratings of Universal American Corp. and Its Subsidiaries From Under Review

Medicare and Medicaid - A.M. Best Withdraws Ratings of Pennsylvania Life Insurance Company

Medicare and Medicaid - Across-the-Board Spending Cap Would Have Devastating Consequences for Real People

Medicare and Medicaid - Aegis Health Group Recommends Hospitals Look to Employer Partnerships to Offset Looming Medicaid Shortfalls

Dentistry - Aetna Helps Members in North Dakota Affected by Floods

Medicare and Medicaid - AmWINS Introduces Hybrid Strategy for Addressing Retiree Health Benefit Obligation

Psychiatry - Aspire Indiana Works with MedInformatix to Customize Practice Management and Electronic Medical Records Solution for Psychiatric Practices

Assurance Wireless - Assurance Wireless Helps Eligible Veterans and Military Families with Free Handsets and Service

BillingTree - BillingTree Hosting MedicalBillPaid.com at HFMA's 2011 ANI: The Healthcare Finance Conference

Business Software and Service Companies - CMHC/MIS Electronic Health Record Solution from Netsmart Technologies Attains Complete ARRA Certification

Medicare and Medicaid - CPPR Spokesman Applauds AMA's call for repeal of IPAB

CSI Financial Services - CSI Financial Services to Provide Sharp Rees-Stealy with ClearBalance Patient-Friendly Loan Program

Health Insurance - Consumer Watchdog: Anthem Blue Cross Consumers in "Death Spiral" Will Have Options to Change Coverage, Benefit from Rate Caps Under Class Action Settlement

Managed Care - Data on Managed Care Published by F.X. Campion and Colleagues

Lockton - Employers Deeply Distressed by Many Aspects of Health Reform Law, Lockton Survey Shows

Medicare and Medicaid - Federal Workers Union Calls on Sen. McCaskill to Protect Critical Services, Health and Retirement Programs

Medicare and Medicaid - HMS Designated Recovery Audit Contractor for State of New York

HealthPlan Services - HealthPlan Services Appoints Michael Buda as Chief Human Resources Officer

Premier - Hospitals, Suppliers Recognized by the Premier Healthcare Alliance for Promoting Supply Chain Diversity

SEIU - United Healthcare Workers West - Hundreds of Workers at Prime Healthcare's Garden Grove Hospital Stay United in SEIU-UHW

Pharmaceutical Care Management Association - Independent Drugstore Lobbyists Try to Pad Profits at the Expense of Small Business

Immunization - Indiana Health Information Exchange Connects to Indiana State Department of Health Immunization Registry

Health Maintenance Organizations - Information for Arizona Fire Victims and Evacuees -- Health Net of Arizona helping to provide access to essential prescriptions and coping services during and after Arizona wildfires

Melanomas - Investigators at New York University Target Melanomas

Apnea - Jeannine Gingras, M.D. Opens Gingras Sleep Medicine in Charlotte and Concord

Managed Care - Landacorp Presents Health Plans a Model for Success in Emerging Health Exchange Market

Managed Care - Mastaler Elected to Cross Country Healthcare Board of Directors

Managed Care - MedAssets Launches Groundbreaking Bundled Payment Solution

Electronic Medical Records - Mid Rogue eHealth Services, a Provider of Greenway's PrimeSuite Electronic Health Record EHR joins Oregon's Health Information Technology Extension Center O-HITEC

Computer Companies - Modular EHR Certification Further Distinguishes Omnicell as the Leading Medication Automation Solution

Health Insurance - Mutual Health Services Utilizing Benefit Informatics' Data Integration, Analysis and Reporting Technology

Hyperlipidemia - NAMCP Announces Medical Directors Hyperlipidemia Resource Center