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Priority Health Earns NCQA “Excellent” Accreditation
Tue, 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.
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Why health care could determine the next president
Wed, 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.
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Health Highlights: May 22, 2012
Tue, 22 May 2012 20:52:11 -0700
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
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Three Health Technology Companies To Watch
Tue, 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.
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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 ...
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Home Health International, Inc. Announces New CEO
Tue, 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 ...
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Health Management Stockholders Resoundingly Vote in Favor of Compensation, Re-Elect Directors
Tue, 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
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Health Insurance Cutbacks Squeeze The Insured
Wed, 23 May 2012 00:49:25 -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.
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Empire Life Expands Group Benefits Offering With Health Care Spending Account
Tue, 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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Panelists: Health Care Law’s Innovations Taking Hold Despite Supreme Court Case
Tue, 22 May 2012 11:28:19 -0700
Despite uncertainty about the coming U.S. Supreme Court decision on its constitutionality, the 2010 health care law already has triggered a long-term transformation in the way U.S. health care is delivered and paid for, a panel of specialists said on Tuesday.
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