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The Return Of Managed Care? - Businessweek
by catherine arnst managed care, that much maligned symbol of greedy insurers and lousy health care in the 1980s and '90s, is coming back. this time, though, its advocates swear they can get it right. consider what is happening in new england. blue ...
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Optumhealth's Behavioral Health Care Advocate Center In Portland Receives Highest Possible Ncqa Accreditation Rating
optumhealth inc. announced today that its united behavioral health (ubh) portland, oregon care advocate center (cac) has been awarded three-year, full managed behavioral healthcare organization (mbho) accreditation from the national committee for quality assurance (ncqa), an independent, non-profit organization that assesses and reports on the quality of the nation's managed care plans. the ...
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Optumhealth´s Behavioral Health Care Advocate Center In Portland Receives Highest Possible Ncqa Accreditation Rating
optumhealth inc. announced today that its united behavioral health (ubh) portland, oregon care advocate
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Kaiser, Mid Atlantic Top Managed-care Rankings - Baltimore Sun
kaiser permanente and mid atlantic medical services inc. ranked highest in an annual report of managed-care insurers published yesterday by the maryland health care commission. the report acts as a guide for consumers hoping to make sense of the ...
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Valley Baptist Health System Selects Concuity's Clearcontracts To More ... - Forbes
vernon hills, ill., and dublin, ireland, sept. 8 /prnewswire-firstcall/ -- concuity, a healthcare division of trintech (nasdaq: ttpa) and a leading provider of contract management and revenue recovery technology ("peer reviewed by hfma") and services ...
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Supervisors Scratch Health Care Negotiations, Oppose Area Code Overlay
kern county supervisors voted to end nine months of negotiations on a county health care plan by rejecting all offers on tuesday. they also moved to restart the process, which county administrative officer ron errea said could be completed in mid-march. there was no mention made of the apparent winning bidder -- managed care systems of bakersfield -- or of retired county benefits administrator ...
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Angola: Government Pledges To Provide Better Health Care
source: irin angola's new government is promising better health facilities at both primary and secondary care levels, as well as to reduce the prevalence of hiv/aids over the next four years.
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Wellcare Health Plans To Reduce Florida Rates - Miami Herald
wellcare health plans (wcg), the managed-care provider being investigated for possible fraud, agreed to contract changes with florida that reduce premium rates by about 3 percent. the changes cover four contracts between the state's agency for health ...
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Health Net Inc. (hnt) - Wall Street Journal
sep. 19 3rd update: managed-care stocks, in short-sale ban, get lift dj sep. 19 2nd update: managed-care stocks, in short-sale ban, get lift dj sep. 19 update: managed-care stocks, in short selling ban, get lift dj sep. 19 managed care stocks ...
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Coventry Health Care To Release Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results
coventry health care, inc. (nyse: cvh) announced today that it will release third quarter financial results on tuesday, october 28, 2008. dale wolf, coventry's chief executive officer, will be hosting a conference call at 7:45 a.m. et on that day. to listen to the call, dial toll-free at (888) 726-2459 or, for international callers, (913) 312-0855. callers will be asked to identify themselves ...
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Investors, Analysts Bullish On Managed Care Investments, More At Iibig Forum
iibig presents the investment and m&a opportunities in managed care conference, scheduled for november 17-18, 2008, at the new york marriott marquis in new york city.
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3rd Update: Managed-care Stocks, In Short-sale Ban, Get Lift - Wall Street Journal
the securities and exchange commission included publicly traded health insurers on its list of 799 financial-services company stocks temporarily off limits to short selling, giving a lift friday to the otherwise-battered managed-care shares. all the ...
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Doctors Under The Knife - Cnn
doctors under the knife living in a world of managed care this is a text adaptation of cnn's special report, democracy in america: doctors under the knife, which aired sunday, september 24 at 10 p.m. edt. los angeles, california (cnn) -- in an age ...
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Coventry Health Care To Release Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results
bethesda, md.----coventry health care, inc. announced today that it will release third quarter financial results on tuesday, october 28, 2008. dale wolf, coventry's chief executive officer, will be hosting a conference call at 7:45 a.m.
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Managed Care Specialists Win Big For Qhr Hospital Clients
qhr managed care consultants are yielding big results for its hospital clients nationwide. two south carolina hospitals - a 248-bed facility and a 62-bed facility - are among the many seeing big changes in their bottom line as a result of qhr's expertise in negotiating/renegotiating managed care contracts.
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Health Net Federal Services Proudly Supports Dedication Of - Msn Moneycentral
“ … we ask that you search your souls and envision a memorial that inspires visitors to contemplate what the attack means to them personally, to us as family members, to the community, to the country, and to the world. ” – pentagon memorial ...
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The Basic Flavors - Cnn Money
there are two basic types of insurance: indemnity plans and managed care. indemnity insurance -- also called "fee-for-service" - generally gives you greater freedom and flexibility than managed care. however, you'll pay more out of pocket for the ...
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Maricopa County Jails Lose Federal Health Accreditation
phoenix — maricopa county jails are no longer accredited by a national health commission because the facilities failed to meet federal standards for care and county officials provided incorrect information to the accrediting agency, officials said.
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Nhs Given Financial Clean Bill Of Health
the national health service was given a relatively clean bill of financial health on thursday as the audit commission said only three percent of nhs trusts and primary care trusts (pct) had failed to balance their books.
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Health Net To Reinstate 926 Dropped Policyholders In California - Los Angeles Times
in a continuing state crackdown on health insurers, health net inc. of woodland hills has agreed to offer new coverage -- no questions asked -- to 926 people whose policies it canceled after they got sick. one of the state's largest insurers, health ...
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