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National Business Group on Health Honors Walgreens with Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles® Award
Walgreens Among 65 Employers Recognized for Promoting Healthy Workplaces and Lifestyles The National Business Group on Health, a non-profit association of large U.S. employers, today honored Walgreens for its ongoing commitment and dedication to promoting a healthy workplace and encouraging their workers and families to pursue and maintain healthy life...
For the eighth year, Unum has been honored for its continuous efforts to support the health and wellness of U.S. employees and their families. Unum was among 65 U.S. employers that won the 2013 Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles today from the National Business Group on Health in Washington, D.C. Unum has major locations in Chattanooga, Portland,...
With More Severe Sanctions Now the Norm, Clear Vision Provides Physician Groups and Medicare Advantage Plans Quick Tips to Keep Compliance “Top of Mind” Medicare Advantage plans and physician groups have been put on notice by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid that stiffer penalties await, including more severe sanctions and fines, where fraud, a...
Health care leader honored with “Platinum certification” for enabling employees to achieve better health McKesson Corporation today announced that it received Platinum certification in the 2013 Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles® award presented by the National Business Group on Health. McKesson was recognized for its ongoing commitment...
NHS cash props up private health sector as recession cuts private patients' spending
Private healthcare providers carried out significantly more NHS funded work between 2006 and 2012 than during previous years, while demand for privately funded care fell, a detailed new analysis has...
Post-traumatic stress disorder after intensive care
Endless days and nights filled with strange broken sleep. A sea of fragmented menacing faces and shadows swimming through erratic beeps and bells. A large cackling face floating over me, constantly...
Among children presenting with fever, especially in a primary care setting, serious illness is uncommon. The prevalence of serious illness has been reported at 0.8% in primary care1 and 7.2% in...
The National Business Group on Health, a non-profit association of large U.S. employers, today honored Healthways, Inc. (NASDAQ: HWAY) for its ongoing commitment and dedication to promoting a healthy workplace and encouraging their workers and families to pursue and maintain healthy lifestyles. Healthways received the 2013 Best Employers for Healt...
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Printable Discount Cards from MedicationDiscountCard.com for Lyrica Margate City, NJ (PRWEB) May 22, 2013 The health care crisis in the United States is far from solved. In some states, up to twenty-seven percent of all adults are without health insurance. Further, roughly half of all bankruptcies of private citizens in the U.S. are related to medical bills. The high price of medical care also...
Conifer Health Solutions, a leader in business process management services for the healthcare industry, is pleased to announce that President and CEO Stephen Mooney has been named an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2013 Southwest Area North Award finalist. Conifer Health Solutions President and CEO Stephen Mooney Named Finalist for Ernst & Y...
Munich Health North America Symposium 2013 Highlights Divergent Views on Obamacare
Diverging opinions and perspectives about the Affordable Care Act (aka “Obamacare”) highlighted the Munich Health North America Symposium 2013, as keynote speakers Newt Gingrich and Ezekiel Emanuel, among others, debated the challenges and opportunities presented by health care reform in America. “Each year Munich Health convenes a diverse g...
“Unbanked” Impact Most Significant for African Americans and Hispanic Americans Millions of Americans eligible for programs under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will be unable to enroll in health coverage, according to a new study by Jackson Hewitt® titled
The rise of NHS spending on public services - comment from The Economist Intelligence Unit
The figures from the Nuffield Trust and the Institute of Fiscal Studies will fuel the debate about creeping privatisation of the NHS. In April, Labour opposed the new procurement regulations for GP-led clinical commissioning groups on the basis that they "let the privatisation genie fully out of the bottle". The health minister Earl Howe responded by declaring that there is no governme...
MD Buyline to help provide purchasing information to healthcare finance professionals MD Buyline, the industry’s leading provider of healthcare clinical and technology research to drive improved financial performance across the healthcare supply chain, announced today editorial contributions to and a sponsorship agreement with the Healthcare Financia...
Doctors and hospitals’ use of health IT more than doubles since 2012
More than half of America’s doctors have adopted electronic health records HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced that more than half of all doctors and other eligible providers have received Medicare or Medicaid incentive payments for adopting or meaningfully using electronic health records (EHRs). HHS has met and exceeded i...
Health Issues Play A Part In House Immigration Talks, Budget Cuts
Politico reports that issues related to the health benefits made available to undocumented immigrants as they seek citizenship could muddy House negotiations. In addition, House Republicans have pressed forward with budget cuts that would impact indian health care and a number of other domestic programs. Politico: House Immigration Talks Hang On Health Care House immigration negotiators have give...
MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Names Winner of the 2013 CIO Leadership Award
Scott Blanchette, Senior Vice President of IT Services at Vanguard Health Systems, Inc. Recognized at Premier Global CIO Event The 10th Annual MIT Sloan CIO Symposium today announced that Scott Blanchette, Senior Vice President of IT Services at Vanguard Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: VHS) is the recipient of the prestigious MIT Sloan CIO Symposium 2013...
Medicare is a topic of conversation on Capitol Hill as a Senate committee holds a hearing on the Medicare Part D drug program. Meanwhile, on the House side, members of the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee heard testimony on patient cost-sharing that triggered a broad discussion of health care incentives within the program. Marketplace: How Medicare Part D Changed The Drug Industry Later to...
A selection of health policy stories from California, Kentucky, Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Missouri. Sacramento Bee: Loophole In Health Care Law Could Stick Doctors With Tab A loophole in California's upcoming health care overhaul could be exploited by families gaming the system or responding to hardship in a way that doctors say could leave a pile of unpaid bills. A chain of eve...
State Roudup: Loophole Could Mean Calif. Docs Eat Some Costs
A selection of health policy stories from California, Kentucky, Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Missouri. Sacramento Bee: Loophole In Health Care Law Could Stick Doctors With Tab A loophole in California's upcoming health care overhaul could be exploited by families gaming the system or responding to hardship in a way that doctors say could leave a pile of unpaid bills. A chain of eve...
May 30 Webinar to Address Ways for Plans to Alleviate New Communication Burdens as a Result of ACA HighRoads, the industry leader in health care compliance and benefits plan management, Leavitt Partners, and AHIP (America’s Health Insurance Plans) will host a webinar May 30, to explore effective strategies in communications compliance requi...
Aetna Announces Support for Rolling Thunder XXVI
Aetna (NYSE: AET) announced a major sponsorship of the XXVI Rolling Thunder ride, which benefits Rolling Thunder® Charities Inc. Aetna will present the sponsorship to Rolling Thunder following the ride May 26 in Washington, D.C. This year marks the fifth consecutive year Aetna has sponsored the event. Rolling Thunder is an annual event hel...
Biomarker Predicts Organ Rejection and Death in Heart Transplant Patients
Critical Diagnostics’ novel cardiac biomarker, ST2, could offer a way for doctors to monitor transplant patients versus expensive and risky biopsies Critical Diagnostics announced today the recently-published results of a Utah Transplantation Affiliated Hospitals Cardiac Transplant Program study involving the use of a novel biomarker, ST2, to monitor...
NetDimensions Appoints Two New C-Level Executives
NetDimensions has appointed two new senior executives: Jill Mahony as Chief Human Resources Officer and Don Hernandez as Chief Sales Officer. Hong Kong (PRWEB) May 22, 2013 NetDimensions (AIM: NETD; OTCQX: NETDY), a global provider of performance, knowledge, and learning management systems, announced today that it has appointed two new senior executives, Jill Mahony as Chief Human Resources Offic...
The Premier healthcare alliance today announced new agreements for polysomnography, neurological equipment and accessories have been awarded to Cadwell Laboratories Inc., a small business enterprise, of Kennewick, Wash.; Electrical Geodesics Inc., a small business enterprise, of Eugene, Ore.; and Nihon Kohden America Inc. of Foothill Ranch, Calif....
