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WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Rapidly rising health care costs, coupled with an epidemic increase in obesity rates have led forward-thinking businesses to institute health promotion and wellness programs that can simultaneously improve their workers' health and reduce company spending. To recognize organizations for efforts that produce documented health improvements and cost savings, The Health Project announced the winners of its 2012 C. Everett Koop...
New Center for Excellence issue brief WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Like all employers, state and local governments must control health care costs while still offering competitive benefit packages that will attract and retain talented employees. Eight states that have adopted innovative practices to reduce costs and improve employees' health are featured in a new Center for Excellence publication, State Health Plans During Times of Fiscal Austerity: The...
India Network offers online training for visitors to differentiate travel medical insurance pre-existing condition coverage plans as a first in a series of training videos. Orlando, FL (PRWEB) August 27, 2012 India Network Services, administrator of visitor health insurance in the USA, announced today the first in a series of training videos to educate family members, temporary workers and students about key issues when comparing travel medical insurance with the initial topic addressing...
DENVER, Aug. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Colorado Department of Insurance has authorized SeeChange Health Insurance (www.SeeChangeHealth.com) to offer medical plans to the state's small businesses. SeeChange Health is already the fastest growing health plan in California. "Our health insurance is new, different, and we believe, better," said Alan Katz, SeeChange Health's EVP for Sales & Marketing. "Like traditional plans we're there for our members when they're sick or...
FARMINGTON, Conn., Aug. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Global Information Inc is pleased to announce detailed programmes and agendas, as well as limited early bird discounted registration for three important international healthcare conferences: (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120827/CG63242) 9th Annual American Health Care CongressNovember 12-13, 2012 | Anaheim, CA, USA The 9th Annual American Health Care Congress (AHCC) is an intensive, two-day educational and networking...
BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Regence BlueShield of Idaho has entered into a new collaborative effort with St. Luke's Health System to improve the health of patients and their care experience by better coordinating their care within the health delivery system. In this new delivery model, called the Healthy U CoPartner Program, physicians and nurses work closely with Regence patients who have multiple health conditions to engage them more in their treatment plans, promote...
FARGO, N.D., Aug. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Intelligent InSites, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise real-time location systems (RTLS) software helping hospitals improve patient care and increase healthcare efficiency while leveraging any RTLS sensor technology, has announced today that Group Health - the leading consumer-governed healthcare system, serving over 625,000 community members with 25 Group Health medical facilities - has selected Intelligent InSites to help make...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. and WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Gary and Mary West today announced that Nicholas J. Valeriani has been named chief executive of the collective West Health effort and CEO of the West Health Institute (formerly West Wireless Health Institute). The Institute is the flagship organization of West Health, a one-of-a-kind, newly organized initiative that brings together four entities: the Institute, West Health Policy Center, West Health Investment Fund...
Industry Salutes Retail-based Convenient Care Clinics and Providers Nationwide for Accessible, Affordable, Quality Care Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) August 12, 2012 August 6-10 marked the third annual National Convenient Care Week, established by resolution of the US Senate. The Convenient Care Association and Drug Store News celebrate the work of more than 1,350 retail-based convenient care clinics around the country, and thousands of providers, including nurse practitioners, physician...
Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Obamacare. That’s the term to describe the current state of health affairs in the U.S. However, before Obamacare, many in the U.S. had difficulty securing affordable health care. Researchers at Penn State and Harvard University recently revealed that, in a study done from 2004 to 2007, 89 million Americans were uninsured for at least month; another 23 million lost their insurance coverage during that same time. In the project,...
