Venture-backed health information technology firm NaviNet has agreed to be acquired by a consortium that includes fellow HIT firm Lumeris Corp., and three Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance plans. The deal is a example of what could be a coming wave of alliances between health plans and health information technology firms, as insurers increasingly [...]
San Diego State’s own Viejas Arena was transformed into a serious rock fest last Sunday night, as the Prodigy and Linkin Park shared a stage to a packed house of fans. The passing of the 20th century in the music industry led to the introduction and eventual breakup of a number of bands with what [...]
the White House announced that 28 states are on their way to establishing Affordable Insurance Exchanges, a key component of the Obama administration
Millions of South Africans will be glued to TVs, websites and social media on February 22 at 2pm; mostly to hear if Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan will be giving them tax breaks, but also to find out if they will be paying more tax. The latter, it appears, will most likely be what most of [...]
When your health insurance provider denies an experimental treatment or a high-cost drug, how much are you willing to pay for the care you believe you need? Barby Ingle, a former cheerleading and dance coach at Washington University who now lives in a Phoenix suburb, has been forced to face this question. Her troubles began [...]
Detention doctors need training to deal with situations like hunger strikes. KARACHI: By building high concrete walls to secure their perimeter, prisons may socially cut off detainees but they cannot keep them completely immune to public health issues, cautioned a doctor who is working with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on detention [...]
The following appeared first in The Fiscal Times: Amerigroup Inc., the health insurer for Medicaid patients in Nashville, has a serious problem. Many of its 50,000 inner city, low-income beneficiaries go for their routine care to local hospital emergency rooms, which is the most expensive place for such treatment. So a year ago, without government [...]
Monday November 14, 2011 WESTMINSTER — Melanie and Mike LaRoss have quite a few questions about the eight-bed residential mental health facility that Health Care and Rehabilitation Services wants to put in to the house next door. With two young children who spend most days in the backyard, which abuts the proposed residential home, the [...]
Health insurance portability has had a slow takeoff since it became operational on October 1. but industry players say with a little discretion, customers can make good use of this facility to draw maximum benefit from their health insurance plans. Antony Jacob, CEO of standalone health insurer Apollo Munich Health Insurance explained the many nuances [...]
Connecticut employers, who have been hit hard by skyrocketing health care costs in recent years, could be getting some relief in 2012, industry experts say. Average rate increases being proposed by some health insurance companies for the end of 2011 and 2012 are coming in lower than previous years. Local brokers say they are observing [...]
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