Archives for November 2015
Healthy Baby $4,551/Year, Pre-term $49,033/Year: Is Your Care Management Program Ready?25 Nov 2015
One in 10 babies in U.S. is pre-term. The medical cost of pre-term baby on an average is 10 times... Continue Reading
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Cognizant CEO Leaves Door Open for Acquisitions25 Nov 2015
Francisco D’Souza, chief executive of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. , said the information-technology provider may consider another major acquisition in... Continue Reading
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Leslie Dach Lays Out Health Care’s Next Phase25 Nov 2015
Leslie Dach, a former Wal-Mart Stores Inc. executive, has been a senior counselor to Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews... Continue Reading
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Citi: ‘Why Health Exchanges Won’t Be A Bust’25 Nov 2015
The news weighed on managed care operators across the board, but analysts argued the health exchange problem was specific to UnitedHealth,... Continue Reading
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Maryland exchange board considers how to improve its online doctor directory25 Nov 2015
Maryland health exchange administrators are considering ways to improve accuracy of its doctor database and the availability of listed providers.... Continue Reading
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Arizona Health Insurance Co-op to Close Shop Dec. 3125 Nov 2015
Executives with Arizona’s nonprofit health insurance co-op said Tuesday that they have failed to come up with additional financial backing... Continue Reading
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Catasys Signs National Agreement with Humana25 Nov 2015
Catasys, Inc., a provider of proprietary big-data based analytics and predictive modeling driven health management services for health plans, announced... Continue Reading
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Detroit’s new public health director aims to innovate25 Nov 2015
Detroit’s new public health director could have been a top surgeon who took his skills to sub-Saharan Africa to care... Continue Reading
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Why Insurers Are Covering iPhone Conversations With Your Doctor25 Nov 2015
Thanks to smartphones, tablets and other digital devices, patients can see their physician and know it’s truly them on the... Continue Reading
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As HMOs Dominate, Alternatives Become More Expensive25 Nov 2015
Consumers seeking health policies with the most freedom in choosing doctors and hospitals are finding far fewer of those plans... Continue Reading
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