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State-of-the-Art Facility Features more than 25 Medical Specialties, Includes 24/7 Urgent Care, Pharmacy, Laboratory, and Radiology Services ROCKVILLE, Md., April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States, an award-winning not-for-profit health plan and care provider, opened the doors to its new South Baltimore County Medical Center on Monday, April 8, offering a vast array of medical services including around-the-clock urgent care,...
Connecticut's State Health Insurance Exchange is One of Few to Offer Small Businesses Choice of Health Plans HARTFORD, Conn., April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Determined to set the standard for state health exchanges, Access Health CT will launch its Small Business Health Options (SHOP) program for quoting and enrollment on October 1st of this year. This action comes despite the decision by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to allow states to delay...
NORFOLK, Va., April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ValueOptions® announced today that URAC re-awarded Health Utilization Management 7.0 Accreditation (HUM) to eight of its service centers. URAC is a D.C.-based health care accrediting organization that establishes quality standards for the health care industry. ValueOptions has maintained URAC accreditation since 1999. "Our focus on quality is a chief priority in every aspect of our operations at ValueOptions," states Deborah...
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- David Dubrof has joined CID Management as vice president of sales. Dubrof oversees the sales and business development organization for the California-based company. CID Management is celebrating its 10(th) anniversary of providing the most reliable and sophisticated medical cost management solutions to the workers' compensation industry. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130417/FL95833 ) "We are excited about...
Award recognizes outstanding hospitals promoting transparency of quality measures CHICAGO, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Northwestern Memorial Hospital recently received the 2012 Best Practices in Hospital Website Transparency Award from URAC and The Leapfrog Group. The award identifies outstanding hospital websites that promote transparency of safety and quality measures in a manner that is useful and user-friendly for patients and other customers. Northwestern Memorial...
Medicaresupplementalinsurancecomparison.net Sees 15% Overnight Increase on the Heels of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Announcement NEW YORK, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services surprised insurers that provide Medicare Advantage plans recently with their announcement of a 3.4% increase in reimbursement rates, instead of the 2.2% cut originally called for in February. It was good news all around as many private insurance...
HARRISBURG, Pa., April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- United Concordia, one of the nation's leading dental insurers, has been the first dental carrier to receive Health Network Accreditation from URAC, a Washington, DC-based health care accrediting organization. "By achieving URAC's Health Network Accreditation, we ensure that key quality benchmarks are met for network management, provider credentialing, utilization management, quality management and improvement, and consumer...
OAKLAND, Calif., April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Doug Bonacum. vice president of Quality, Safety and Resource Management at Kaiser Permanente, was named one of "50 Experts Leading the Field of Patient Safety" by Becker's Hospital Review, a leading source of business and legal information on hospital and health system issues. The 50 experts include individuals at national organizations, universities, and health care organizations who are advocates for patient safety and are actively...
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona introduces unique online health insurance marketplace PHOENIX, April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Businesses throughout Arizona now have a convenient, flexible way to offer their employees healthcare insurance coverage. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona (BCBSAZ) has introduced a private health plan marketplace, available to Arizona employers. The concept, often called a defined contribution plan, is simple and can be explained in three...
OAKLAND, Calif., April 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sometimes getting healthy takes a wake-up call. For nurse Darin Miller, that moment came when he rolled over on his waterbed to pick up his newly crawling baby daughter. At the time, Darin weighed 270 pounds, and because of his weight, a wave rippled in the waterbed, bouncing his daughter into the sideboard. "It broke my heart," he said. "That was the defining moment. I woke up in the morning, broke open the emergency credit...
