Archives for August 2013
August 22, 2013-Encounter Reporting – Time to Re-Think !22 Aug 2013
Thursday August 22, 2013 Home | Subscribe Payer Advisory Weekly Top Stories Independence Blue Cross Takes Obamacare Education On The... Continue Reading
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Encounter Reporting – Time to Re-Think !21 Aug 2013
What is encounter data? Encounter data are records of the health care services for which health plans (commercial insurers, MCO’s)... Continue Reading
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WebMD names Schlanger CEO, announces buyback plan15 Aug 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — WebMD named interim CEO David Schlanger as its permanent chief executive after Cavan Redmond left before... Continue Reading
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Healthcare in Florida: Innovation is key driver15 Aug 2013
As the U.S. healthcare system undergoes sweeping changes designed to improve the health, treatment outcomes and the well-being of Americans,... Continue Reading
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UnitedHealthcare Community Plan to Hire More Than 60 People in New York15 Aug 2013
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–UnitedHealthcare Community Plan is hiring more than 60 new employees to support its recent expansion in the Hudson... Continue Reading
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Don’t Wait Until 2014 to Understand Obamacare15 Aug 2013
Next year will be the year. Although the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, was passed... Continue Reading
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US-based Cigna, TTK eye health insurance JV15 Aug 2013
Mumbai: American health insurance company, Cigna, and country’s biggest third party administrator, TTK Healthcare have approached IRDA for a license... Continue Reading
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Cognizant Selected by CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield to Support Mobile Technology Initiatives15 Aug 2013
TEANECK, N.J., Aug. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) today announced that it has been selected by CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield... Continue Reading
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Bad Ideas In Medicine: Blue Cross Tells Me How To Practice15 Aug 2013
Medicine has many traditions both good and bad. The traditional paternalism (“Doctor knows best”) has given way to collaboration. The... Continue Reading
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‘Aetna, I’m Glad I Met Ya!’ — On Twitter15 Aug 2013
A few weeks back, Sharon Roberts, who had been diagnosed with endometrial cancer last year, tweeted: : the BRCA gene... Continue Reading
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