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COLUMBIA, SC – Beginning in January of 2010, South Carolina will impose a $25 surcharge to state health plans and HMOs for state workers who smoke, joining seven other states that already impose...
The transition from standard healthcare plans to high-deductible health plans and their health savings accounts may look like a wide, unfamiliar chasm that employees are unwilling to cross –...
Insurer marketing favors MA over stand-alone plansA recent Kaiser Family Foundation study revealed that insurers preferred to advertise Medicare Advantage to stand-alone drug plans. Accord...
JACKSONVILLE, FL - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded First Coast Service Options a new Medicare contract that involves administration of the fee-for-service Medicare program i...
AUGUSTA, ME – Maine’s Dirigo Health Agency has claimed large savings for the fourth year in a row, despite serving fewer members in 2007 than in 2006.DHA’s board has produc...
WASHINGTON – As early as last January, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), then a Democrat primary contender for the presidency, called for universal healthcare in the United States by no later than 201...
NEW YORK – While the original intent of Medicare Advantage plans was to help save money, a new report from the Commonwealth Fund indicates the cost of MA plans may jump 12.4 percent per enrollee...
COLUMBIA, MD – Johns Hopkins Medicine will apply its expertise in 23 clinical specialties and subspecialties of Resolution Health’s data analytics-driven rule sets used for identifying act...
SACRAMENTO, CA – A record delay in passing a budget in California last month has begun to affect providers’ ability to provide services, with some saying they would not continue to operate...
The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease expressed disappointment at Thursday's vice-presidential debate, saying Delaware Sen. Joe Biden and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin did not address one of the nation's...