10/Jul 2008 | McCain Outlines Medical Plan for the Wealthy | Republican presidential candidate and Arizona Senator John McCain said this weekend that he is working on a health care reform proposal that will ensure quality medical care for the rich and powerful.... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | HIPAA, COBRA and PHI, oh my! | Health Insurance Matters Dan describes the issues and considerations around getting effective Health Insurance for you and your family. In the story of The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy and her friends sang a... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | When Chiropractic Philosophy Collides with Medical Necessity | Medical necessity" is a term to which chiropractic physicians nationwide should be paying close attention. What exactly is the definition that they should adhere to? This is one of the many challenges... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | Insurance contracts accepted by Marshfield Clinic | We appreciate your trust in selecting Marshfield Clinic as your health care provider. Marshfield Clinic accepts many insurance plans, including:.Group Health Cooperative of Eau Claire Medicaid HMO (Ba... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | 7/10/08 - Testimony of Senator Don White Before the State Insurance Department/Blues Merger | Commissioner Ario, distinguished panelists, I would like to open by thanking you for the opportunity to present my views and concerns regarding the proposed merger of Highmark and Independence Blue Cr... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | Blake Launches Cancer Research Fund In Father's Name | James Blake's earliest tennis memory is sitting on a court in Yonkers, N. A devoted family man, Thomas Blake met his wife, Betty, on a tennis court in Yonkers, which soon became a second home for sons... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | Reform law used against workers | In a remarkable example of perversity, a law designed to protect workers retirement benefits is being used by employers to deny benefits. Supreme Court, both of whom are aware of the problem, have do... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | New Report Finds Consumer-Friendly Ways to Bring Health Care Costs Under Control | Health Care & Prescription Drugs Health Care & Prescription Drugs News Health Care & Prescription Drugs . With Californians increasingly concerned about rising health care costs, CALPIRG Education ... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | Aerex Manufacturing sold to Ladish | Ladish Co.-based Aerex is a precision-machining enterprise serving the aerospace and commercial airplane industries. The purchase price of Aerex was approximately $14 million, paid through a combinati... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | Digimarc revenue will be up in second quarter | Digital watermarking and identification-card company Digimarc Corp. said its revenue for the second quarter will exceed $30 million, up from $26. Beaverton-based Digimarc (NASDAQ: DMRC) said that of t... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | Insurance expenses hit home | The Congressional Budget Office estimates 21 to 31 million Americans go without health insurance for 12 months or more. At least 59 million may be uninsured at least briefly in a given year, the agenc... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | Anthem Directory Now Accessible by Cell Phone | Texans Buy Chesterfield Landfill. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia has launched Anthem Mobile Provider Finder , an online directory tool that will allow members to search for local, in-ne... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | Lesbian couple sues BlueCross over denial of spousal health care benefits | Joy Higgins, left, and Jeanne Kornowicz, who have a 1-year-old daughter, Elizabeth Higgins, want fair treatment and security for their family. Joy Higgins, left, and Jeanne Kornowicz, who have a 1-yea... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | Today's single payer post: insurance company misogyny | In Sickness and In Health. Insurers: Women are just too risky Women readers, get ready to fight. As reported in the Los Angeles Times, Blue Cross Blue Shield of California has decided to charge women ... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | Medicare Fee Cut | The Senate avoided a planned cut in Medicare payments to doctors today when Democrats secured enough votes to pass a controversial Medicare bill. And in a perfect bit of stagecraft, the vote marked th... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | Anthem pays $4B in cash, stock to enrollees | Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield's conversion to a public company has translated to a windfall for thousands of its members in Ohio and three other states. 1 health insurer in the Dayton region, dist... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | Preparing for retirement | For most of your career your employer has dictated a lot about your life: what you do with your time, how much money you have and how to handle medical issues. Once you walk away from your last job al... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | Pedal Your Way to Better Health, Rewards With Blue Cross' New 'do cycle' Program | EAGAN, Minn., July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross) wants more Minnesotans to reap the benefits of "pedal power" this summer. The health plan's do Campaign has t... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | In France, Model Care For Mothers | July 10, 2008 Mary Lou Sarazin went to Paris to teach. When the job ended, she was newly married to a French husband and pregnant. Her visa had expired, however, and she couldn't renew it right awa... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | Medtronic Spine, LLC Settlement Reinforces Risk of Medical Device Manufacturers Providing Reimbursement Consulting | Medtronic Spine, LLC Settlement Reinforces Risk of Medical Device Manufacturers Providing Reimbursement Consulting . This is a two-part series of articles discussing the risks involved in the provisio... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | Affordable Health Insurance - Health Insurance | One of the things that is important to consider when you leave corporate America for the freedom of your own business is affordable health insurance. In fact, the reason most often cited for NOT takin... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | Sex, Drugs and Insurance | The normally voluble Senator John McCain found himself at a loss for words Wednesday when he was asked aboard his campaign bus on its way to Portsmouth, Ohio, whether he thought it was fair that some ... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | Health Care and the U.S. Presidential Elections | Topics: Health , Governance Countries: Germany , Japan , Switzerland , Taiwan , United Kingdom , United States . Every 30 seconds in the United States someone files for bankruptcy in the aftermath ... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | Medicare Bill Passes in Senate | LEARN MORE U. Senate Vote Summary Site for people with Medicare American Medical Association home page AARP approval IMAGE SOURCE: iStockPhoto/dra_shwartz . A Medicare bill opposed by the White Hou... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | Anxious bus drivers seek insurance coverage | Pam Brannon/Gulf Breeze News Three bus drivers who have been hired by Durham but have lost their insurance this summer are (left to right) Donna Tillery with her twin boys (front, left) Corbin and Tru... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | AmeriHealth New Jersey launches new wellness incentive program | AmeriHealth New Jersey, a health care insurance carrier, has launched AmeriHealth Healthy Lifestyles rewards, a new wellness incentive program that links healthy employee behaviors directly to the acc... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | SENATE PASSES MEDICARE / TRICARE BILL | SENATE PASSES MEDICARE / TRICARE BILL, DOCTORS AVOID PAYMENTS CUTS -- "With a strong bipartisan vote, which has a veto-proof majority, I now urge President Bush to sign this bill immediately." For ... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | Kennedy Casts Key Vote as Medicare Bill Passes | WASHINGTON Senator Edward M. Kennedy returned to the Senate on Wednesday for the first time since being sidelined with cancer and was greeted by a bipartisan barrage of whoops, cheers and applause b... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | Study finds increase in number of underinsured | New York Times Examines McCain's Plan To Expand Federal Support for State High-Risk Pools Many Web Sites Still Offering Controlled Substances Without Prescription, Report Finds Medicare Paid as Much a... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | Governor Allows Bills to Go Into Law Without Her Signature | Governor Allows Bills to Go Into Law Without Her Signature Report from the Governor's Office By Russell Pang, 7/9/2008 2:15:27 PM Governor Linda Lingle has allowed the following bills to become law wi... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | Gloucester: Health System denies privacy breach in pregnancy numbers | 12:06 amPrintThis Gloucester: Health System denies privacy breach in pregnancy numbers By Patrick Anderson Staff writer The president of the company that runs the Gloucester High School health cent... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | One Company With an Eye on U.S. Customers | AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND Being a cautious man, Eugene Horn of Willamina, Ore., did his research when it became apparent that he needed both knees replaced. Years of football had taken their toll, and a... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | Health care providers hit by ailing economy | BILL HENDRICK. Brian Nadolne found a way to put the kibosh on his employees complaints about skyrocketing gas prices without raising patient prices a dime. The east Cobb family physician decided to g... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | Coalition launches 'Health Care for America Now!' | George Pokorny has been walking on eggshells since losing his job when Good Shepherd Care Center shut down this spring on St. Although able to find health insurance for his wife and children, he s sti... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | KBR loses $1 billion and one loyal public servant | Charles M. Smith revealed the incompetency of Kellogg, Brown, and Root (KBR), a contracting company in Iraq, and the failure of the Defense Contract Auditing Agency (DCAA) to remedy the situation. In ... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | This Is Why McCain's Avoiding The | Because whenever he says anything out loud it's an embarrassment. The Politico looked into his claim that 300 economists support his budget plan. Upon closer inspection, it seems a good many of those ... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | Senate stops Medicare payment cutback | DNRC takes over on Mt. Sentinel, plans to hit fire area hard this morning. Former Griz grid great Okoniewski to enter Grizzly Sports Hall. Sentinel, plans to hit fire area hard this morning. Former Gr... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | Health Care From Adam Smith | I am back from travels in old Europe and have survived in the pink. Readers of this column will recall that during the past three weeks, I have been traveling through France and England. In Edinburgh ... Read » |
10/Jul 2008 | AHIP: Senate needs to administer Me | For the third time, Congress will look to move legislation cutting $13.8 billion from Medicare Advantage plans over the next five years. The bill is reportedly designed to avert the scheduled 10.6 per... Read » |