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DMC Signs an Agreement to Purchase ProCare Health Plan, Inc. DETROIT, June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Detroit Medical Center (DMC) announced today that it has signed an agreement to purchase ProCare Health Plan, Inc., a Detroit-based Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) that offers health care coverage to Medicaid beneficiaries in Wayne County. The purchase is contingent on approval of the State of Michigan including its Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation....

OAKLAND, Calif., June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaiser Permanente Northern California's Live Well Be Well workplace-wellness program received platinum certification in the 2012 Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles awards presented by the National Business Group on Health. The awards also include a platinum certification for the Healthy Workforce program run by Kaiser Permanente's national office, also based in Oakland. Around the country, only 30 large employers were honored with...

FLINT, Mich., June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthPlus of Michigan today announced that it will voluntarily continue offering important health care benefits protection to its members no matter how the Supreme Court rules on pending cases regarding the Affordable Care Act. Bruce Hill, president and CEO, made the announcement. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120203/DE47296LOGO ) "HealthPlus has ALWAYS worked on behalf of its members and groups to provide access to quality...

Project Is to Spread Collaborative Care Model for Managing Depression and other Chronic Conditions Locally and Nationally BLOOMINGTON, Minn., June 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded almost $18 million to a local and national collaboration of partner organizations with the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI) as lead organization. The three-year cooperative agreement, part of a $1 billion CMS Health...

Advocate Condell Medical Center celebrates National Men’s Health Awareness month with an effort to heighten the awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men. Libertyville, IL (PRWEB) June 10, 2012 According to the Agency for Health Care Quality & Research, men are 24 percent less likely than women to have visited a doctor within the past year and are 22 percent more likely to have neglected their cholesterol tests. In...

PORTLAND, Ore., June 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Eleven integrated health systems, with more than 16 million members, have combined de-identified data from their electronic health records to form one of the largest, most comprehensive and most geographically diverse diabetes registries in the nation. According to a new study published today in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Preventing Chronic Disease, the SUPREME-DM DataLink provides a unique and powerful resource to...

Large Employers Flock to CDHPs at Record Pace, AAPPO Study Shows WASHINGTON, June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Enrollment in Consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs) grew by 18 percent in 2011, up from 28 million in 2010 to 33 million last year, according to an analysis of the Mercer National Survey of Employer Sponsored...

RICHMOND, Va., June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The power of choice is of great value when having an outpatient test or surgery. Virginia Health Information (VHI) today has empowered Virginians with information previously unavailable to consumers with publication of their Outpatient Procedure Information. Based on three years of data, the report explains the type of procedure, how often it is performed at each place and charges. VHI's goal is to help patients make better...

RICHMOND, Va., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Venture Specialty Insurance, LLC in partnership with Markel Insurance Company, announces the launch of www.INSUREmySURGERY.com, a new website offering patients a quick, easy, and effective way to purchase coverage to protect them from complications following elective plastic surgery. INSUREmySURGERY.com is the only insurance program that covers complications following elective plastic surgery offered directly to patients. (Logo:...

Brown & Toland Physicians placed in the top tier of California physician groups for 2012, earning “Elite” status for the sixth year in a row as rated by the California Association of Physician Groups (CAPG). San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 21, 2012 For the sixth year in a row, Brown & Toland Physicians (http://www.brownandtoland.com) placed in the top tier of California physician groups as rated by the California Association of Physician Groups (CAPG). Brown & Toland...