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New Wellness Team Approach Improves Diabetes Outcomes while Lowering Medication Costs An integrated wellness team approach to diabetes care is helping patients lower their prescription costs and improve their condition, according to research presented today at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists’ (AACE) 21st Annual Scientific & Clinical Congress

Clinical Support Services Develops MTM Program Assessment GuideCMS has strengthened MTM program rules and regulations, so Medicare plans are urged to take a hard look at their offerings to ensure their compliance and success. Buffalo, NY (PRWEB) May 26, 2012 New Medication Therapy Management (MTM) program requirements outlined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will make delivering a successful and compliant MTM program more challengin...

What to Do if You Have a Question about Your Certified EHRThe ONC Certification Program staff receives comments and questions by phone and email that are related to the adoption, use, and implementation of certified EHR, as well as questions related to CMS’ Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs. Th...

Clock ticking on Illinois Medicaid, pension reforms(Reuters) - Facing a May 31 deadline, the Illinois General Assembly on Friday raced to pass legislation to stop the state from sinking under pension and Medicaid payments, which account for 39 percent of general fund spending.

Health Net Announces Appearance at Sanford C. Bernstein’s 28th Strategic Decisions ConferenceHealth Net, Inc. (NYSE:HNT) today announced that members of its management team are scheduled to present at Sanford C. Bernstein’s 28th Strategic Decisions Conference on May 30, 2012, at approximately 9:00 a.m. Eastern time. A live webcast and replay of the presentation will be available at www.healthnet.com under “

K-V Pharmaceutical Company States That Its Policy is Not to Comment on Unusual Market ActivityST. LOUIS, May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- K-V Pharmaceutical Company (the "Company") (NYSE: KVa/KVb) today announced that in view of the unusual market activity in the Company's common stock, the NYSE has contacted the Company in accordance with its usual practice. K-V's policy is not to comment on unusual market activity. About K-V Pharmaceutical Company K-V Pharmaceutical Company is...

Extend Health Bringing 500+ Jobs to Richardson, TexasExtend Health, Inc., a leading provider of health benefit management services, including the nation’s largest private Medicare exchange, today celebrated the opening of the first of two new service centers in Richardson, Texas, that together expect to bring more than 500 new jobs to the greater Dallas–Fort Worth area. The first new service center,...

Study: 10 percent of veterans go without health insuranceOf the 1.3 million veterans who lack health coverage, the study says about 630,000 of them would likely qualify for Medicaid under the health law expansion, and as many as 520,000 could qualify for subsidized health coverage in insurance exchanges.

Illinois legislature passes bill with deep Medicaid cutsThe $1.6 billion in budget cuts would also cut deeply into other Illinois health programs.

Elimination Of Illinois Cares Rx A Bad Move For Illinois LegislatorsStatement from AARP Illinois Advocacy and Outreach Manager, Nancy Nelson SPRINGFIELD, Ill., May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "Today, the General Assembly turned its back on over 150,000 Illinois seniors by passing a Medicaid reform bill (SB2840) that completely eliminates funding for Illinois Cares Rx – a critical prescription drug program that thousands of Illinois se...

Viewpoints: Bill could make universal health care possible via states; The need to change how physicians are paidUniversal coverage, Medicare for all, single payer -- call it what you will. It's clear that conservative forces are determined to prevent such a system from ever being introduced at the national level. So it's up to the states.

While GOP pledges austerity, Democrats rebuff efforts to restructure Medicare, MedicaidHealth care continues to play a major role this political season. News outlets look at the parties' differences on spending, Sen. Baucus' early reelection calculations and a protest against Rep. Steve King.

Long-Term Care in Idaho: The Good, the Bad, and the UglyNew AARP Report Takes a Deep Dive into Gem State Care for the Elderly & Disabled– Details State Successes & What Needs Work BOISE, Idaho, May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- When it comes to how Idaho cares for its elderly and disabled, the state is ahead of the curve in some areas and right behind the eight ball in others, according to a new AARP report taking an in-de...

Dueling student loan bills stall in SenateNeither measure reached the 60-vote threshold needed to delay an interest rate increase for 7.4 million students with college loans. Republicans want to pay for it by abolishing a preventive health program in the health care law; Democrats proposed r...

Auditors find Medicare lax in collecting overpayments; New members named to MedpacFederal auditors say Medicare failed to collect about 80 percent of the more than $400 million that were identified as overpayments, Modern Healthcare reports.

The Medicare Drug ‘Donut Hole’ is a Much Smaller Problem Than You ThinkOn Wednesday, I wrote about why closing the Medicare drug-benefit ‘donut hole’ is a terrible idea, one that some congressional Republicans are poised to endorse. In that post, I described why eliminating this key cost-sharing provision will destr...

Medicare incentives don't lower hospital mortality ratesMedicare's idea that paying hospitals based on how they perform does not lead to fewer deaths, according to a new study, refuting a commonly held belief in the reimbursement industry.

Physicians protest coming regulatory onslaughtYou and other physicians likely will face a bureaucratic "perfect storm" next year: deadlines for ICD-10 transition, e-prescribing, electronic health records, and the Physician Quality Reporting System-along with a reduction in Medica...

Viewpoints: Politics of the Medicare debate; Measuring the impact of Catholic bishops' legal challengeSo don't expect the Obama administration to agree to any cuts in Medicare between now and Election Day. And don't expect them to show any support for Rep. Paul Ryan's plan to privatize Medicare. Holding strong on Medicare is the silver bullet for Oba...

Nurtur Receives National “Outreach Award” for Its Diabetes Disease Management Program from Medicaid Health Plans of America Center for Best PracticesInnovative Program Uses Creative Communication Tools to Help Members Control Blood Glucose Levels, Comply with Recommended Screenings, Promote Healthy Eating Habits, and Encourage Regular Physical Activity Farmington, CT (PRWEB) May 24, 2012 Nurtur®, the behavior change company serving multiple market segments, was honored to receive the “Outreach Award” at the second annual Awards For...

One-Third of Arthritis Patients Also Experience Anxiety, DepressionAllsup highlights importance of working closely with physicians for treatment and when applying for Social Security disability benefits Belleville, IL (PRWEB) May 24, 2012 A new national study finds that one-third of people with arthritis also experience anxiety or depression. This combination of physical and mental impairments points to the complexity of chronic illness and the importance of wor...

UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Hospital Will Participate in Aetna’s Institutes of Excellence™ Transplant NetworkAetna (NYSE: AET) announced today that UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Hospital has been designated as a participating facility in Aetna’s Institutes of Excellence™ Transplant Network. The Institutes of Excellence (IOE) is Aetna’s participating network for transplants and transplant-related services. The IOE is comprised of hospitals that...

Metropolitan Health Networks’ Acquisition of Continucare Corporation Recognized as Transaction of the Year by South Florida Chapter of ACGMetropolitan Health Networks, Inc. (NYSE: MDF), a leading provider of health care services in Florida, today announced that the company’s acquisition of Continucare Corporation has been selected by the South Florida Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) as the “Transaction of the Year.” Commenting on the award, Michael Earley...

Meridian Health Plan Career Fair to Hire 250 New Ohio EmployeesDETROIT, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Meridian Health Plan (MHP) will hold a Career Fair on Wednesday, June 13 from 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at Embassy Suites, 5100 Upper Metro Place in Dublin, Ohio to help fill 250 job openings in the Columbus area. Pre-registration for the Career Fair is required. Candidates can register online by sending their resume to resume.oh@mhplan.com. MHP will only...

SCAN Health Plan Appoints Jill Selby Vice President of Market Expansion/Product DevelopmentSCAN Health Plan, one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit Medicare Advantage plans, has named Jill Selby vice president of market expansion/product development, effective immediately. In this newly created role, Selby will oversee preparation and implementation of new market launch activities (including regulatory filings), benefit design and the deve...

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