Archives for June 2012
June 28, 2012-Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island laying off employees28 Jun 2012
Thursday June 28, 2012 Payer Advisory Weekly Top Stories Senate Bill No. 8 passes, setting up Pennsylvania health data In... Continue Reading
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Xerox lands $68M Fla. health-plan IT contract28 Jun 2012
Florida handed Norwalk’s Xerox Corp. and its partner a nine-year, $68 million contract to set up a cloud-based network that... Continue Reading
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Aetna CEO: The Supreme Court decision doesn’t matter. The deficit does.28 Jun 2012
Mark Bertolini has a pretty busy day job: As Aetna’s chief executive, he manages one of the country’s top five... Continue Reading
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Belly Dancers for Single Payer at the Supreme Court28 Jun 2012
A group calling themselves West Virginia Belly Dancers for Single Payer will be in front of the U.S. Supreme Court... Continue Reading
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Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island laying off employees28 Jun 2012
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island eliminated 43 jobs on Wednesday, WPRI.com has confirmed. Blue Cross spokeswoman Kimberly... Continue Reading
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Could Kaiser Permanente’s Low-Cost Health Care Be Even Cheaper?28 Jun 2012
Kaiser Permanente rose out of Henry J. Kaiser’s utopian, industrialist dream. During the 1930s and ’40s, Kaiser wanted to make... Continue Reading
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Cigna taps ex-WellPoint exec Kennedy as veep28 Jun 2012
Bloomfield health insurer Cigna Corp. named former Medco and WellPoint executive Joan Kennedy as vice president, overseeing all contact points... Continue Reading
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UnitedHealth Group Creates Nearly 1,500 Jobs in Texas28 Jun 2012
UnitedHealth Group , the nation’s leading health benefits and services company, announced today it is creating nearly 1,500 new jobs... Continue Reading
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In Health Care, A La Carte on Way Out?28 Jun 2012
For years, health care has been paid for on a procedure-by-procedure basis, with items such as doctor fees, lab fees... Continue Reading
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Senate Bill No. 8 passes, setting up Pennsylvania health data … – Pittsburgh Post Gazette28 Jun 2012
Senate Bill No. 8 passes, setting up Pennsylvania health data ...Pittsburgh Post GazetteA bill that would establish the framework of Pennsylvania's first statewide health information exchange was approved by the state House this week, and is on its...
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