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Mismanaged Care 24 Nov 2005
Governor Bredesen, who made his fortune in managed care, has refused to meet with the protesters in public, as they've requested. ...
- The Nation.,
RxAmerica Selected by Unison Health Plan to Provide PBM Services ... 24 Nov 2005
Health Plan, said, "Unison Health Plan genuinely cares for its members and routinely goes far beyond what is typically expected through traditional managed care ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
Vanderbilt Health Care MBA program adds another industry star to ... 24 Nov 2005
As first vice president at Merrill Lynch, Goodman was the firm’s senior equity analyst responsible for coverage of the managed care sector from 1997 to 2003. ...
- Vanderbilt University News,
Business news in brief 24 Nov 2005
The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council issued its annual guide to Medicare managed-care plans in Pennsylvania. The ...
- Philadelphia Inquirer,
Commercial Payers Seek New Strategies for Cost Savings: Increased ... 24 Nov 2005
Based on primary research with 100 managed care decision-makers, The Zitter Group's Fall 2005 Managed Care Injectables Index reports on trends in specialty ...
- PharmaLive.com (press release),
ALAMEDA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER NAMES DOTTERY AS NEW FINANCIAL ... 24 Nov 2005
His experience with MediCal managed care will be essential as California moves toward expanding managed care for seniors and people with disabilities.". ...
- CBS 5,
Milberg Weiss Announces The Filing Of A Class Action Suit Against ... 24 Nov 2005
...that Universal American is a specialty health and life insurance holding company that provides a broad array of health insurance and managed care products and ...
- Business Wire (press release),
Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Rounds Up Recent Developments in ... 24 Nov 2005
...would broaden the use of electronic health records, alter Medicaid oversight, offer long-term care tax credits, boost the use of managed care and privatize ...
- Kaiser network.org,
Ohioans Encouraged to 'Talk Turkey' About Medicare Rx Coverage 24 Nov 2005
There are more than 40 stand-alone plans and managed care programs available so beneficiaries are able to choose the plan that best meets their health care ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
CVS/pharmacy Helping Seniors Understand Medicare Part D 24 Nov 2005
The Centers also have materials from a number of managed care and insurance companies that are offering Medicare 2006 prescription drug plans. ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
HomeCare Slidell celebrating National Home Care Month 24 Nov 2005
...families. Third-party payers include commercial insurance, managed care organizations, CHAMPUS and workers' compensation. Medicare ...
- Slidell Sentry News,
Insurers turning to new techniques 24 Nov 2005
He argued that it will cherry-pick the youngest, healthiest and richest people while forcing traditional managed care plans to charge more to cover the sickest ...
- Ventura County Star (subscription),
Molina Healthcare Files Shelf Registration Statement 24 Nov 2005
...is a multi-state managed care organization that arranges for the delivery of healthcare services to persons eligible for Medicaid and other programs for low ...
- Business Wire (press release),
Teachers settle new contract 24 Nov 2005
All teachers/secretaries had agreed that new hires entering the district would be enrolled in the district’s managed care plan. ...
- Summit Observer,
New Publication Helps Older Pennsylvanians Choose a Medicare ... Nov 22, 2005
Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) today announced the release of an updated publication to help older Pennsylvanians choose a Medicare Managed Care Plan. ...
- U.S. Newswire (press release),
Moving Medicaid program to managed care won't affect maternity ... Nov 21, 2005
STUART — Moving Florida's $15 billion a year Medicaid program into managed care shouldn't have any appreciable effects on the care given pregnant women and ...
- Stuart News (subscription),
Somnia Names Sharon Kilcarr Director of Managed Care Contracting Nov 17, 2005
...provider of outpatient surgery services, today announced the appointment of Sharon Kilcarr of Rockland County, New York as Director of Managed Care Contracting ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
Somnia Names Sharon Kilcarr as Director of Managed Care ... Nov 17, 2005
Somnia, Inc., a national provider of outpatient surgery services, today announced the appointment of Sharon Kilcarr as director of managed care contracting. ...
- Today's SurgiCenter,
Trying to diagnose efficiency Nov 22, 2005
The Wisconsin Health Information Organization -- which includes managed care companies, employer groups, hospitals and doctors -- plans to create the state's ...
- TMCnet
Business news briefs: 11/23/05 Nov 22, 2005
Pennsylvania Health Care Containment Council has released an updated publication that helps explain the options available under the Medicare Managed Care Plan. ...
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette,
Coventry Health Care to Speak at the Merrill Lynch Health Services ... Nov 22, 2005
...a national managed health care company based in Bethesda, Maryland operating health plans, insurance companies, network rental / managed care services companies ...
- Business Wire (press release),
Coventry Health Care to Speak at the Merrill Lynch Health Services ... Nov 22, 2005
...a national managed health care companybased in Bethesda, Maryland operating health plans, insurancecompanies, network rental / managed care services companies ...
- Finanzen.net,
Switch to managed care nears for Ohio Oct 23, 2005
Patrick Duricy is hoping Trumbull County doesn't see a return to the problems of several years ago, when a managed-care program for Medicaid left clients with ...
- Youngstown Vindicator,
In Managed Care: VA System Oct 23, 2005
Care" are investing billions of dollars more every year in the veterans health-care system, which has become a huge experiment in government-run managed care. ...
- Wall Street Journal
Reforming Medicaid via managed care Nov 7, 2005
On Oct.19, the Bush administration gave Florida the green light to launch its own Medicaid initiative -- a move that will introduce managed care and its ...
- Fort Worth Star Telegram,
TLCVision Expands Refractive Business and Acquires Leading Managed ... Oct 28, 2005
In addition, the company has agreed to acquire TruVision, a leading managed care contractor for elective health care services, which will serve as a patient ...
- CCNMatthews (Communiqués de presse),
HMOs' profits rise as enrollment declines Nov 21, 2005
HMOs reported total net income of $157 million for 2004, up 21% from the $130 million reported in 2003, according to the Wisconsin Managed Care Review, an ...
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription),
'All Kids' Has All Kinds of Problems Nov 22, 2005
US Department of Health and Human Services waiver to move Medicaid enrollees, except for the blind and nursing home residents, into a state managed care program ...
- The Heartland Institute,
ALJ Orders Divestiture of Highland Park Hospital Nov 22, 2005
...lessened competition" and higher prices for insurers and healthcare consumers for general acute care inpatient services sold to managed care organizations. ...
- Mondaq News Alerts,
Lawmakers gobble up outside help for charity Nov 21, 2005
She defended the giveaway -- funded in part with $4,000 from WellCare, a Tampa-based, managed-care company -- as a way to help those who need it the most. ...
- Miami Herald,
Group to share, analyze health insurance claims Nov 19, 2005
The Wisconsin Health Information Organization - which includes managed care companies, employer groups, hospitals and doctors - plans to create the state's ...
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription),
The Smart Money In Healthcare Nov 20, 2005
Big Pharma, managed care, and hospital stocks don't impress Live Oak Health Sciences Fund's Brandi Allen. For her money, the tech ...
- BusinessWeek
Session's impact will reach Manatee Nov 22, 2005
Jeb Bush has fought hard for a change in the Medicaid program from a partial fee-for-service arrangement to a managed-care system in which the state pays a ...
- Bradenton Herald,
Making the Most of Your Health Plan Nov 20, 2005
...people need to know whether they want to be in a traditional, indemnity plan, which allows them to see any doctor they choose, or a managed care plan, which ...
- Forbes
Welcome To The Bastardisation of Canada's Health Care System Nov 22, 2005
Managed care all under the closely observed eye of the flustered office manager who was constantly at loggerheads with the doctors over what the HMO's would ...
- Halifax Live,
New health secretary is named Nov 22, 2005
In addition to his experience at CHA Health, Birdwhistell was associate hospital director for managed care at the University of Kentucky Hospital. ...
- Kentucky.com,
National Home Care Month being observed in November Nov 22, 2005
...their families. Third-party payers include commercial insurance, managed care organizations and workers’ compensation. Home care ...
- Cherokee County Herald,
House GOP may alter Medicaid Nov 20, 2005
Hamilton said his group also is considering measures that would expand the number of recipients under managed care programs and create an electronic ...
- Virginian Pilot,
Generic Forms of Janssen's Risperdal and Pfizer's Geodon Not ... Nov 22, 2005
...primary research service from Decision Resources that offers access to high-volume-prescribing PCPs, specialists, and managed care organization representatives ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
Parkview Health Uses Fair Isaac's Business Rules Technology With ... Nov 21, 2005
...patients, physicians and care providers to vital health information and data managed by the IDX clinical, administrative, financial, and managed care products. ...
- Business Wire (press release),
Uncertain prognosis Nov 9, 2005
The trend away from managed care is likely to have a more profound impact in California, which historically has had more HMOs than other states. ...
- Sacramento Bee,
Express Scripts, Inc. Announces 2006 Earnings Guidance Conference ... Nov 22, 2005
Express Scripts serves thousands of client groups, including managed-care organizations, insurance carriers, employers, third-party administrators, public ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
Rising Medical Partners with HFN to Provide Work Comp Solutions to ... Nov 22, 2005
HFN offers a variety of managed care products and services for members, including group health plans, workers compensation medical care, as well as PPO ...
- dBusinessNews Chicago (press release),
New health plans shift burden Nov 20, 2005
...expenses. To insurance companies, the new health plans represent the biggest change since managed care arrived more than a decade ago. ...
- NorthJersey.com,
Super models Nov 22, 2005
...of market-specific information is important for large physician groups examining the illnesses treated by their doctors or managed care organizations looking ...
- Nashville Business Journal,
Treatment has demonstrated improvement in physical function and ... Nov 20, 2005
...of reimbursement and the reimbursement policies imposed by third-party payors, including governments, private insurance plans, and managed care providers, and ...
- Medical News Today (press release),
Christian Science Monitor Examines Massachusetts Health Coverage ... Nov 21, 2005
Jeb Bush (R) that would shift Medicaid beneficiaries to managed care and cap the amount the state spends on each beneficiary. According ...
- Kaiser network.org,
News from the Pennsylvania General Assembly Nov 22, 2005
Legislature. The House Health and Human Services Committee meets Nov. 30 for a public hearing on the Medicaid managed care program. The ...
- Centre Daily Times,
TLCVision Expands Refractive Business and Acquires Leading Managed ... Oct 28, 2005
In addition, the company has agreed to acquire TruVision, aleading managed care contractor for elective health care services,which will serve as a patient ...
- Finanzen.net,
Making Medicare work Nov 20, 2005
...covered. They can get their prescription drugs from the traditional Medicare plan, from a Medicare managed-care plan or their employer. ...
- Washington Times,
House Budget Bill, with Almost All of it's Low-Income Cuts Intact ... Nov 18, 2005
Instead, the Senate took on powerful lobbying interests such as managed care providers and pharmaceutical companies: the Senate bill reduced overpayments to ...
- Common Dreams (press release),
DrugMax Announces Additions to Senior Management Team Nov 21, 2005
DrugMax works closely with doctors, patients, managed care providers, medical centers and employers to improve patient outcomes while delivering low cost and ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
Baffled by Medicare Nov 20, 2005
...to explain their plans. The managed care and drug insurance companies use telemarketers to get their message out. "I get calls and ...
- New York Daily News,
MedCost Selects Payerpath For Transaction Services Nov 21, 2005
...transaction solutions for healthcare providers, hospitals and payers, today announced that MedCost Inc., the leading independent managed care organization in ...
- Business Wire (press release),
MAXIMUS Strengthens Leadership Team with Four New Hires Nov 22, 2005
...contracts. John has more than30-years of experience in healthcare delivery including clinical,administrative, and managed care services. ...
- Finanzen.net,
Coventry Health Care of Louisiana Expanding into Shreveport Nov 16, 2005
Coventry Health Care of Louisiana, Inc. has almost 20 years of experience in managed care. Coventry Health Care of Louisiana, Inc. ...
- dBusinessNews New Orleans (press release),
Medicare plans have insurers' attention Nov 10, 2005
Medicare supplemental insurance plans and Medicare managed care plans represented nearly a quarter -- roughly $2.2 billion -- of the insurer's $9.1 billion in ...
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette,
Health costs rising faster than average Nov 20, 2005
...programs.". Health insurers have largely turned away from HMOs to so-called preferred provider organizations to deliver managed care. ...
- Boston Globe,
Allergan, Inc. Commences Exchange Offer for Shares of Inamed ... Nov 21, 2005
...and foreign health care reforms; the timing and uncertainty of research and development and regulatory processes; trends toward managed care and health care ...
- Business Wire (press release),
More nurses, fewer aides for St. Boniface hospital Nov 21, 2005
..."They're moving to a model of nursing care that's been widely adopted across our health care system which is essentially nurse-managed care," says Sale. ...
- CBC Manitoba,
ADD MEDICAL EXAM TO SHOPPING LIST Nov 19, 2005
The companies are coming of age as the cost of health care coverage continues to rise dramatically, while managed care has pared payments to doctors and fewer ...
- San Jose Mercury News,
Yawning gap in sleep care Nov 20, 2005
A study in October from Medco Health Solutions, which tracks prescriptions among its managed-care customers, found that from 2000 to 2004, use of the drugs ...
- USA Today
Va. House Republicans Focus on Medicaid Costs Nov 20, 2005
...increase the use of electronic medical records, change Medicaid oversight, provide long-term care tax credits, increase the use of managed care for Medicaid ...
- Washington Post,
Medicare's new complexity should not cause seniors to be penalized Nov 22, 2005
...month period, 42 million Americans are eligible to purchase prescription coverage through a private drug plan or enroll in a Medicare managed care plan that ...
- Hopewell Valley News,
Anthem ordered to refund $23.7 to seniors, disabled Nov 22, 2005
...the next 60 days. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield is one of the Cincinnati area's largest managed care providers. KOI is an agency ...
- Cincinnati Business Courier,
Baptist CEO's retirement a surprise decision Nov 16, 2005
He said all metropolitan areas in the state are in very competitive situations, vying for physicians, patients and good managed-care contracts. ...
- Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription),
Yuma taxes filling temporary pool Nov 18, 2005
...pay, and illegal immigrants combined cost Yuma Regional Medical Center $6.8 million in the 2003-2004 fiscal year, said YRMC Director of Managed Care Todd Hirte ...
- Yuma Sun,
Prospect Medical Holdings Acquires Genesis Healthcare of Southern ... Nov 16, 2005
16, 2005--Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc. (AMEX: PZZ) ("Prospect Medical"), which manages the medical care of individuals enrolled in managed care (HMO) plans ...
- Business Wire (press release),
Will “All Kids� Turn into “All Everybody?� Nov 16, 2005
...vendors? The governor would set up a limited managed-care style plan for all Medicaid recipients in an effort to save money. Those ...
- Oak Brook Business Ledger,
Health Briefs Nov 21, 2005
Chicora Medical Center, a multilevel nursing facility, can provide a pamphlet describing the benefits of Medicare, Medicaid, managed care, private insurance ...
- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,
Innoviant Introduces ''Wise Choice Rx'' to Propel Members into ... Nov 17, 2005
Fiserv Health provides a full array of independent health plan management, claims processing and administration services for managed care and self-funded ...
- Business Wire (press release),
Illinois Gov. Blagojevich Signs Legislation To Expand Children's ... Nov 16, 2005
Blagojevich has proposed to shift 1.6 million beneficiaries enrolled in KidCare, FamilyCare and traditional Medicaid to a managed care system for an estimated ...
- Kaiser network.org,
TLCVision to Present at Harris Nesbitt’s Focus On Healthcare ... Nov 21, 2005
Through its centers management and technology access service models, and its managed care contracting strength, TLCVision maintains leading positions in ...
- CCNMatthews (press release),
Joe Martingale Joins HealthEquity(R) Inc. Board of Directors Nov 16, 2005
The most well known of Martingale's work is the role he played in establishing managed care plans during the mid-'80s and throughout the '90s. ...
- Business Wire (press release),
A Private Obsession Nov 17, 2005
A number of studies have found that managed-care plans, which have much higher administrative costs than government-managed Medicare, end up costing the system ...
- New York Times,
Testimony from Hearing on South Carolina Medicaid Waiver Oct 28, 2005
Moreover, methods of risk adjustment used to determine rates for managed care programs cannot be used to predict the amount of money an individual will need to ...
- U.S. Newswire (press release),
About proposed changes in South Carolina’s Medicaid program: Nov 17, 2005
...related care. How can disabled people get the care they need if forced into managed care designed for healthy people? The “personal ...
- The State,
TLCVision to Present at Harris Nesbitt's Focus On Healthcare ... Nov 21, 2005
Through its centers management andtechnology access service models, and its managed care contractingstrength, TLCVision maintains leading positions in ...
- Finanzen.net,
Keystone Mercy Health Plan Selects ParadigmHealth for Neonatal ... Nov 17, 2005
Plan, a healthcare ministry of the Sisters of Mercy in affiliation with Keystone First, Inc., is the largest Medical Assistance managed care organization in ...
- Business Wire (press release),
Groups want Medicaid overhaul put on hold Nov 8, 2005
The federally approved change calls for turning most Medicaid patients over to managed-care companies throughout the state by 2010. ...
- Tallahassee Democrat,
Advocates fear changes facing Medicaid plan Nov 8, 2005
Jeb Bush succeeds in placing them into private managed care programs, a group warned legislators in a letter Monday. The letter, signed ...
- Gainesville Sun,
Response to the Presidential Address: Advocacy for Our Patients ... Nov 13, 2005
Many of you assailed the abuses of managed care. ... We have addressed the challenge of managed care erratically. Many of us opt out of managed care altogether. ...
- Am J Psychiatry (subscription)
Varian Medical Systems' Board of Directors Authorizes Repurchase ... Nov 21, 2005
...sole or limited-source suppliers; the impact of reduced or limited demand by sole purchasers of certain X-ray tubes; the impact of managed care initiatives or ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
Targeting the poor Nov 20, 2005
It could have curbed Medicaid's "excessive payments" to managed care plans and lowered the cost of Medicaid prescription drugs with generics. ...
- NorthJersey.com,
So Ca-Based Regal Medical Group Licenses Access Express(TM) ... Nov 14, 2005
Access Express is a Web portal communications tool that allows affiliated physician offices to perform a wide range of online managed care functions, including ...
- Business Wire (press release),
Medicare Makes Its Move Nov 14, 2005
At the same time, the government is giving insurance companies billions in subsidies to offer expanded, new Medicare managed-care plans, which will cover ...
- BusinessWeek
MedRisk's ECB Presents 2005 International Symposium on Evidenced ... 03 Oct 2005
The clinical research and academic arm of MedRisk, Inc., the United States' leading provider of managed care programs for physical medicine, ECB provides ...
- PR Web (press release)
Vermont testing cap on Medicaid 03 Oct 2005
One of the unique aspects is that Medicaid would be administered through a statewide managed care organization, which would be paid a fee for each person ...
- Washington Times
Clearing the way: Manchester woman helps solve health care ... 03 Oct 2005
...in worker's compensation cases. She has also been director of managed care for a medical insurance company. Savastano earned a master's ...
- Eagle Tribune
Extra annual fees troubling patients 03 Oct 2005
..."The reason that we are starting to see this is that managed care is just squeezing physicians in a rising cost environment so they simply can't afford to ...
- Earthtimes.org
Medical journal offers hope with healing 03 Oct 2005
...experience. This is increasingly important as medical technology and managed care isolate patients from practitioners," she says. ...
- Syracuse Post Standard
Physical inactivity worsens GI symptoms in obese people 03 Oct 2005
Participants were members of a Managed Care Organization and were randomized to one of three groups: a mail-based weight intervention using prepared lessons ...
- EurekAlert (press release)
Bulletin Board 03 Oct 2005
...vaccines. Those attending must bring a Medicare or managed care card (Blue Cross, Fallon, Harvard Pilgrim, Tuft’s, Mass Health). ...
- Worcester Telegram (subscription)
Business Diary 03 Oct 2005
Golden Dental Plans Inc., a Warren dental managed-care plan, was awarded a contract by HealthChoice of Michigan to provide dental services to eligible members ...
- Crain's Detroit Business (subscription)
Managed care doesn't have to be cold and uncaring. The highest ... Oct 1, 2005
...top 20 commercial plans in new rankings assembled by US News and the National Committee for Quality Assurance, the major accrediting body for managed-care plans ...
- U.S. News & World Report
HHSC expanding Medicaid managed care Sep 29, 2005
As states work to cope with the ever-increasing cost of health care, one common trend is the increasing use of managed care to slow down health care inflation. ...
- East Texas Review
Education By Managed Care Sep 29, 2005
...seniors towards their high taxes. Passing a school budget has become education by managed care. Like the insurance companies who ...
- Port Washington News
Feds Approve AIDS Healthcare Foundation's Innovative Managed Care ... Sep 26, 2005
In Response to the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA), AHF, Operator of One of the Nation's First Medicaid Managed Care Plans for People With AIDS, Sought ...
- PR Newswire (press release)
Self-managed care comes to the coast Sep 28, 2005
By Barton Grover Howe Of the News-Times. Approximately 140 million Americans have a chronic health condition, such as diabetes, cancer ...
- Newport News Times
Managed Care Is Neither Sep 25, 2005
Good medicine aside, I have learned MANAGED CARE, as it is called by the healthcare industry, is neither. And when did healthcare become an industry? ...
- Swans
Disease management programs are 'next generation' of managed care Sep 18, 2005
On Thursday, representatives from dozens of Detroit area companies will gather at Pfizer Inc.'s research and development campus in Ann Arbor. ...
- MLive.com
Consolidation Will Likely Continue in the Managed Care Market ... Sep 23, 2005
Knowledge Source’s Managed Care Market Overview reveals consolidation among health plans will continue as managed care organizations continue to cut costs ...
- PR Web (press release)
Doctors have to deal with the managed-care 'maze,' as well Sep 24, 2005
I believe Mr. Messer's issue with the medical office is misplaced. The "maze" of managed care was neither created nor endorsed by any health-care provider. ...
- The Free Lance-Star
Analysis: Now, `new` managed care? Sep 16, 2005
By Todd Zwillich Sep 16, 2005, 16:54 GMT. WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- Remember managed care? It rose to prominence in ...
- Monsters and Critics.com
Verispan Reports: Spiriva Becoming a Preferred Drug in Managed ... Sep 14, 2005
Ingelheim and Pfizer's treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, has gained formulary status at 81% of managed care organizations, according to ...
- Business Wire (press release)
State delaying rollout of Medicaid managed care Sep 16, 2005
...said Friday they are delaying for three months the launch date of a program that will shift some 1.2 million Medicaid recipients in the state to managed care. ...
- Access North Georgia
P&T Society Names Managed Care Interface the Official Journal of ... Sep 15, 2005
15 /PRNewswire/ -- Medicom International, Inc., and the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Society are pleased to announce that Managed Care Interface, the first monthly ...
- PR Newswire (press release)
Maximus wins Georgia managed care deal Sep 7, 2005
...a one-year, $17 million contract from the state of Georgia’s Community Health Department to provide enrollment broker services for managed care, the company ...
- Washington Technology
Key strategy to limit managed care drug costs failing, survey ... Sep 14, 2005
With rising concern over the cost of the new Medicare prescription drug benefit program – going into effect January, 2006 and estimated to cost $593 billion ...
- EurekAlert
NAS Enhances Managed Care E&O Insurance Sep 15, 2005
Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services has enhanced its Managed Care E&O insurance with the inclusion of a 50/50 hammer clause in the coverage's ...
- Insurance Journal
Key Strategy to Limit Managed Care Drug Costs Failing, Survey ... Sep 16, 2005
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16, 2005 - With rising concern over the cost of the new Medicare prescription drug benefit program — going ...
- PharmaLive.com (press release)
I-Flow Announces New Managed Care Contracts for ON-Q(R) Covering ... Sep 7, 2005
7, 2005--I-Flow Corporation (NASDAQ:IFLO) recently signed several new contracts with managed care companies to provide reimbursement for the use of ON-Q where ...
- Business Wire (press release)
Preparing for a doctor shortage Oct 1, 2005
Physician demographics began to change dramatically with the introduction of managed care in the 1990s. By 2000, many practicing ...
- Denver Post
Medicare competition open Oct 1, 2005
..."It's going to be a cacophony," said Jackie Kosecoff, executive vice president of PacifiCare, which operates Arizona's largest Medicare managed-care plan. ...
- Arizona Republic
Blue Cross opening its networks Oct 1, 2005
Ten years of litigation over the fate of managed care in Arkansas officially enter the history books today, when Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield opens its ...
- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription)
Hospital system seeks buyer for health insurer Sep 30, 2005
...nearly 7,000 in its Medicare plan and about 61,000 members in its Medicaid plan in June 2004, according to the latest edition of Ohio Managed Care Review, an ...
- Cleveland Plain Dealer
Prescription drug benefit plan defined Oct 1, 2005
In Iowa, a senior will be able to choose from 41 standalone drug plans, as well as 20 options available to those who sign up for a managed care plan. ...
- Quad City Times
AmeriHealth Mercy to Present on Medicaid Reform at Florida ... Sep 29, 2005
...of experience exclusively serving the Medicaid population, AmeriHealth Mercy and its affiliates comprise the largest family of Medicaid managed care plans in ...
- PR Newswire (press release)
Advisory Group Identifies Medicaid Cuts Sep 26, 2005
The commission said states should stop imposing taxes on Medicaid Managed Care Organizations and then kicking those taxes back to the organizations after the ...
- The Heartland Institute
Care firms resisting FOI disclosure Sep 23, 2005
Connecticut pays four managed-care companies $626 million a year to provide health care for the poor. But many of these low-income ...
- Connecticut Post
HMO Patients Successfully Converted From Zocor to Generic ... Sep 28, 2005
ALEXANDRIA, VA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 09/28/2005 -- The October 2005 issue of the "Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy (JMCP)" is now available in print and online. ...
- Market Wire (press release)
Preschoolers may be 1st to get the flu Oct 2, 2005
...effort in Massachusetts that tracked respiratory illness in about 400,000 people served by four hospital emergency rooms, a managed-care organization and ...
- Indianapolis Star
WellPoint Announces Deal To Purchase WellChoice for $6.5B Oct 1, 2005
Brian Prenoveau, an analyst at Muriel Siebert, said he expects the nation's 13 remaining publicly traded managed care operators to continue purchasing smaller ...
- Medical News Today (press release)
Wuesthoff sues, alleges unfair rivalry Sep 29, 2005
...given by Health First's three county hospitals to its insurance company -- Health First Health Plans -- put other insurers offering managed-care plans in the ...
- Florida Today
Fitch Affirms Aurora (Wisconsin) $360MM Bonds at 'A-'; Outlook ... Sep 30, 2005
Ongoing credit strengths remain Aurora's size and market presence in eastern Wisconsin, flexibility provided by managed care contracts, and stable profitability ...
- Business Wire (press release)
BEECHER CARLSON STRENGTHENS NATIONAL HEALTHCARE PRACTICE WITH ... Sep 30, 2005
He is the author of the managed care chapter in ASHRM’s “Risk Management Handbook�, the textbook used in the certification of healthcare risk managers. ...
- dBusinessNews Atlanta (press release)
Amerigroup Tries to Regroup Sep 30, 2005
Diversified managed care players remain healthy investments despite the woes of their Medicaid-only peers. That's the view offered ...
- TheStreet.com
Poorest, sickest may have to switch physicians Sep 17, 2005
Thousands of Pennsylvanians who receive Medicare and are in Medicaid managed care programs soon will be enrolled automatically in new Medicare managed care ...
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Patients often forced to battle the system Sep 18, 2005
Cheryl Morgan forgave her managed-care plan when it demanded a hospital discharge her less than a day after surgeons removed her ruptured appendix. ...
- Connecticut Post
Flu vaccinations for children may slow spread Oct 2, 2005
...surveillance effort in Massachusetts that tracked respiratory illness in about 400,000 people in four hospital emergency rooms, a managed-care organization and ...
- AZ Central.com
ikaSystems Deploys ikaCDH--A Full-Service Consumer-Directed Health ... Sep 30, 2005
...ikaSystems (www.ikasystems.com) is a leading provider of web-based ERP solutions for the managed care industry. The ikaEnterprise ...
- Business Wire (press release)
New Medicare prescription drug plan being rolled out to seniors ... Sep 30, 2005
Another 17 Medicare managed care organizations, known as Medicare Advantage, are offering packages that include managed care services. ...
- Austin American-Statesman (subscription)
Quantum Medical Technologies Executes Agreement to Buy Biocard ... Sep 29, 2005
QTUM believes it is uniquely positioned through the extensive experience of its staff in health management and managed care operations, as well as through its ...
- PR Newswire (press release)
21 Insurers Cover Medicare Drugs Sep 25, 2005
It's good there are this many options for seniors," said Francine Chuchanis, Medicare managed care ombudsman for the Greater Akron-Canton Area Agency on Aging. ...
- RedNova.com
If your health insurer denies your claim, you can appeal--and you ... Oct 1, 2005
...those belonging to health maintenance organizations and nearly 25 percent of those in preferred provider organizations, another kind of managed-care plan, say ...
- U.S. News & World Report
Health Savings Accounts — The Ownership Society in Health Care Sep 24, 2005
...plans, imposing greater cost sharing on enrollees but permitting broader choices than the health maintenance organization (HMO) plans of the managed-care era. ...
- New England Journal of Medicine (subscription)
Netsmart Technologies, Parent Company of Creative Socio-Medics ... Sep 29, 2005
...for mental health, substance abuse, and addiction services agencies, developmental disability centers, and behavioral health-related managed care organizations ...
- PR Newswire (press release)
Analysis: Now, 'new' managed care? Sep 16, 2005
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Remember managed care? It rose to prominence in the 1980s as a possible remedy for constantly rising healthcare costs. ...
- United Press International
P&T Society Names Managed Care Interface the Official Journal of ... Sep 15, 2005
15, 2005 /PRNewswire/ -- Medicom International, Inc., and the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Society are pleased to announce that Managed Care Interface, the first ...
- PharmaLive.com (press release)
Judge OK's HMO Settlements With Doctors Sep 27, 2005
Prudential will pay $22.2 million to improve managed care and will ensure that other companies follow through on their settlements. ...
- Newsday
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Faculty Group Practice ... Sep 28, 2005
...center, has selected Preferred Medical Marketing Corporation's PMMC Physician PRO audit and claims recovery software to monitor its managed care contracts. ...
- Yahoo! News (press release)
South Carolina Plans Tailored Medicaid Sep 26, 2005
...employers' business. Approved plans will include a range of products including managed care and preferred provider (PPO) networks. A ...
- The Heartland Institute
South Carolina Medicaid Choice Sep 26, 2005
...they can choose. The plans vary in both cost and benefits usually including indemnity and managed care offerings. Options range ...
- The Heartland Institute
Because Relapse for Drug Addiction Requires Special Attention ... Sep 27, 2005
...with adherence to the standards of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) has resulted in an approach that has assisted managed care in extending ...
- PR Web (press release)
Hospital emergency departments are the ultimate safety net for the ... Sep 18, 2005
Against the backdrop of years of double-digit increases in medical insurance premiums, the managed care industry pitched itself as a savior of the nation's ...
- Connecticut Post
Coventry Health Care, Inc. to Release Third Quarter 2005 Financial ... Sep 27, 2005
...a national managed health care companybased in Bethesda, Maryland operating health plans, insurancecompanies, network rental / managed care services companies ...
- Finanzen.net
Coventry Health Care, Inc. to Release Third Quarter 2005 Financial ... Sep 27, 2005
...a national managed health care company based in Bethesda, Maryland operating health plans, insurance companies, network rental / managed care services companies ...
- Business Wire (press release)
Ill Winds Blow for Medicare Expansion Sep 25, 2005
Sep. 25--With lucrative prescription drug benefits about to kick in and reimbursements on the rise, managed care insurers offering Medicare health plans are ...
- RedNova.com
Tense? Lonely? There's Promise in a Pill Sep 29, 2005
...more accommodating toward drug companies, while doctors - coping with growing workloads, demanding patients and the strictures of managed care - have started ...
- New York Times
HMO Patients Successfully Converted From Zocor to Generic ... Sep 28, 2005
ALEXANDRIA, VA -- (Market Wire - Sep 28, 2005) -- The October 2005 issue of the "Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy (JMCP)" is now available in print and online. ...
- ArriveNet (press release)
Vt. lawmakers accept 'global' Medicaid plan Oct 1, 2005
One of the biggest changes is that the state would form a public managed care organization, which would be paid a fee to cover each of the Medicaid enrollees ...
- Barre Montpelier Times Argus
WellPoint acquires rival WellChoice for $6.5 billion Sep 28, 2005
The merger further consolidates the fragmented managed care provider business, which is still made up of many smaller operators, says Brian Prenoveau, analyst ...
- 9NEWS.com
Port Arthur, Texas Hospital Damaged by Hurricane Rita Sep 26, 2005
...healthcare services targeted to the needs of the markets it serves, promoting strong relationships with physicians and working with local managed care plans. ...
- Business Wire (press release)
Amerigroup plunges on loss warning Sep 29, 2005
Hojlo went on to say it could be an industry-wide problem. "As an industry, Medicaid managed care plans appear to be facing the reality that they often have ...
- MarketWatch
Business news in brief from around New Jersey Sep 30, 2005
PISCATAWAY, NJ (AP) _ QualCare Alliance Networks, a managed care service provider, has leased 99,541 square feet of commercial space in Piscataway for use as ...
- Newsday
Healthcare Leaders Outline Strategies for 21st-Century Care ... Sep 27, 2005
...patients, physicians and care providers to vital health information and data managed by the IDX clinical, administrative, financial, and managed care products. ...
- CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse)
Compassion & Choices to Hold Oct. 4 Conference at National Press ... Sep 29, 2005
As a private attorney, as counsel to the Oregon State Senate, as a managed care executive and finally as a Chief Petitioner for Oregon's Death with Dignity Act ...
- U.S. Newswire (press release)
82,000 Caregivers Approve Major Pact with Kaiser Sep 29, 2005
...a time when patients are rebelling against business-driven medical decision making,� Sweeney said, the agreement “is a challenge...to the managed care field ...
- AFL-CIO
Serving the public good Sep 25, 2005
For example, the state is now requiring places like health clinics around the state that accept Medicaid to use a managed care provider. ...
- Palladium-Item
Doctor will lead health services for Oregon Sep 29, 2005
Before his current state job, Goldberg was medical director of CareOregon, the managed-care plan that serves more than 100,000 recipients of state-supported ...
- Salem Statesman Journal
Brace yourself: Medicare is changing Oct 1, 2005
Consumers also can choose from new, more comprehensive "Medicare Advantage" or "Medicare Health" plans, which offer variations of managed care for prescription ...
- OregonLive.com
DrugMax Expands Worksite Pharmacy(SM) Business Sep 26, 2005
DrugMax works closely with doctors, patients, managed care providers, medical centers and employers to improve patient outcomes while delivering low cost and ...
- PR Newswire (press release)
Fitch Rates Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital, TX Series 2005 ... Sep 29, 2005
Fitch's expectation that SPMH will continue to generate strong profitability due to sound utilization management, favorable managed care contracts, and solid ...
- Business Wire (press release)
First Republican Announces For Attorney General Seat Oct 2, 2005
The bill would have guaranteed doctors due process rights if they were terminated from a managed care organization without cause. ...
- Springdale Morning News
Arizona newsmaker Oct 2, 2005
The firm insures military service people and their families, a total of 2.7 million through a Department of Defense Managed Care Support contract covering the ...
- Arizona Republic
Donations needed for displaced UTMB employees Sep 30, 2005
...“Employees who live and work in the communities of Beaumont, Woodville, Orange and Jasper through UTMB Correctional Managed Care facilities, East Texas Area ...
- Galveston County Daily News
Auditor: Medicaid fraud unit inefficient Sep 30, 2005
He said that shifting more of Medicaid's 2.2 million recipients into private managed-care organizations — the core of the reform proposal — will help cut ...
- Palm Beach Post
Amerigroup stock still sliding amid news of loss Sep 30, 2005
...daily volume. The company was the highest flier of the Medicaid managed care set and had been highly regarded among analysts. But ...
- Virginian Pilot
Plan-Picking Oct 1, 2005
...your options: Deductibles and copayments. There's no maximum with regular managed-care plans on out-of-pocket copayments. If you ...
- U.S. News & World Report
Medicaid reform's fate decided today Sep 30, 2005
Global commitment allows Vermont to set up a state-run, managed-care organization that would administer public health benefits to the poor, disabled, blind and ...
- Rutland Herald
Accuser clarifies homeless 'dumping' claim Oct 2, 2005
..."We need to move away from the old model of handing people a cup of soup and a toothbrush and move more to the managed-care level of service," Gordo said. ...
- San Gabriel Valley Tribune
State, federal officials agree on key provision in Medicaid ... Sep 29, 2005
Jeb Bush in January proposed a plan to shift many of Medicaid's 2.2 million recipients into private managed-care organizations, which he says will help control ...
- Palm Beach Post
URAC Names New CEO Sep 27, 2005
Blues' largest health insurance plan, the Federal Employees Program, its national Medicare intermediary contract, and its network of Medicare managed care plans ...
- PR Newswire (press release)
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Kentucky's Medicare Advantage ... Sep 29, 2005
Shield in Ohio's Medicare Advantage plan by achieving the status of "Excellent," an accreditation which is reserved only for managed care organizations whose ...
- Finanzen.net
Healthvision Sponsors TIPAAA Regional Executive Summit; Executives ... Sep 30, 2005
TIPAAA provides a wide range of products, services, and educational programs designed to help IPAs operate effectively and successfully in managed care. ...
- Genetic Engineering News
Tufts Health Plan Match Employee Contributions for Katrina Relief ... Sep 30, 2005
JD Power and Associates recognition as a Distinguished Health Plan based on the benchmarks established by the 2003 National Managed Care Satisfaction Study(SM ...
- Genetic Engineering News
Healthcare Medical Education Companies Launch Strategic Alliance Sep 30, 2005
...of medical education, medical journals, and new media products in primary care, neurology, geriatrics, urology, dermatology, managed care, and ophthalmology ...
- PharmaLive.com (press release)
Vanguard Board Elects New Officers Sep 30, 2005
...and operational improvement initiatives including expanding services, strengthening relationships with physicians and managed care organizations, recruiting ...
- Market Wire (press release)
Ambitious Wisconsin Healthcare Partnership Anticipates Double ... Sep 28, 2005
28 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a leading provider of managed care industry intelligence, finds that a partnership between the Business Health ...
- PR Newswire (press release)
Under Pressure Sep 25, 2005
But the HMO decides what you need -- the essence of what has come to be called managed care -- and many people don't like that. ...
- Record-Searchlight (subscription)
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