CategoryRelated News ItemsPriority Health Earns NCQA “Excellent” AccreditationTue, 22 May 2012 09:19:00 -0700
Priority Health today announced it has earned “Excellent” accreditation by the National Committee for Quality Assurance , the highest level a health plan can earn, for its Commercial HMO/POS, Medicaid, Medicare PPO and Medicare HMO/POS plans.
Read More... Health Highlights: May 22, 2012Tue, 22 May 2012 20:52:11 -0700
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
Read More... Why health care could determine the next presidentWed, 23 May 2012 02:51:10 -0700
As the June deadline nears for the Supreme Court’s decision on health care, two recent reports show how the decision could have a direct effect on President Barack Obama’s election.
Read More... Home Health International, Inc. Announces New CEOTue, 22 May 2012 05:12:00 -0700
VERO BEACH, FL-- - Home Health International, Inc. is pleased to announce today that it has named Elizabeth Velozo, BSN, MSNH, COS-C as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.Ms. Velozo ...
Read More... Three Health Technology Companies To WatchTue, 22 May 2012 06:04:46 -0700
Last week, Towers Watson bought Extend Health, which allows retirees to choose from thousands of private Medicare plans according to their needs, instead of having their employer make the decision. Towers paid $435 million. One of the winners in that transaction was venture capital firm Psilos, which made in five years 10 times its investment in Extend Health?an unusual occurrence in health IT.
Read More... What could revolutionize health care? This database.Mon, 21 May 2012 06:09:36 -0700
Think of it as a health policy wonk’s dream: Football stadium after football stadium packed to the brim with...health insurance claims data. An odd dream, to be sure. But health insurance data is crucial to understand how health care dollars get spent. It shows how people use health care, what’s changing and, in some cases, why. Health insurers, however, have tended to keep that data private, as ...
Read More... Health Management Stockholders Resoundingly Vote in Favor of Compensation, Re-Elect DirectorsTue, 22 May 2012 13:01:00 -0700
Stockholders of Health Management Associates, Inc., overwhelmingly registered their confidence in the Company in a series of votes recorded today at its annual meeting o
Read More... Health District Weighs Options Over BuildingWed, 23 May 2012 00:00:08 -0700
One assessment of the Southern Nevada Health District headquarters blames the building's crumbling condition on the lack of an internal support system to protect against strong winds and earthquakes. The report suggests that someone missed something 50
Read More... Health Insurance Cutbacks Squeeze The InsuredWed, 23 May 2012 00:29:28 -0700
More than 1 in 5 Americans had a problem getting insurance to pay for a hospital, doctor or other health care in the past year, according to a new poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health.
Read More... Empire Life Expands Group Benefits Offering With Health Care Spending AccountTue, 22 May 2012 08:00:00 -0700
KINGSTON, ONTARIO-- - Health care spending accounts are gaining in popularity and now The Empire Life Insurance Company is building on its insured Incidental Health Expense product by adding a traditional ...
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