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Oct 11 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Pharmacy-benefit manager Express Scripts Inc. is unveiling a new program that aims to contact people who fail to take their prescription drugs—before they actually stop.

Oct 11 2010

Bloomberg

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Microsoft Corp., the world’s largest software company, said it will require employees to contribute to their health-care benefits starting in 2013, citing the rising cost of providing worker coverage.

Oct 11 2010

freep.com

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Consumers previously rejected by insurers or forced to wait six months for coverage because they have costly medical problems are starting to get benefits from a new statewide program for uninsured people.

Oct 11 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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By combining the various media of letters, broadcast messages, online platforms and customer service representatives—a healthcare business office can deliver breakthrough cash performance as well as contribute to building loyalty among critical segments of customers

Oct 11 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The rule requiring health plans to extend dependent coverage to age 26, regardless of financial dependency, student status, employment or marital status, doesn’t apply to millions of retirees’ health benefits.

Oct 11 2010

Kaiser Health News

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The Wall Street Journal took the Secretary of DHS to task for abusing the power of her office for political purposes. And they were absolutely right to do so.

Oct 08 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Conveying how well a therapy works — and doing so in understandable terms — isn’t easy, but a group of physicians is trying to change that.

Oct 08 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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The “comparative effectiveness” of different treatments for the same medical condition to determine how much to pay for newly covered services – this could yield billions of dollars in savings without threatening patient choice

Oct 08 2010

insurancenews.net

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Health insurers will be allowed flexibility in implementing new medical loss ratio rules, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced.

Oct 08 2010

Bloomberg

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Gene testing companies such as 23andMe Inc. and DeCode Genetics Inc. should be regulated because consumers may make wrong medical decisions based on inaccurate or misinterpreted results, scientists said.