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Aetna gives $50,000 to King Center

Macon Telegraph - 1 hour, 19 minutes ago

Aetna has donated $50,000 to help pay for a health and wellness forum to be held next year at The King Center.

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Blue Cross at odds with hospitals
The Providence Journal - Tue Oct 7, 11:40 pm EDT
A contract dispute between Blue Cross and the Care New England hospital group has spilled into the public arena, raising worries about whether Blue Cross subscribers will be able get care at Butler, Women & Infants and Kent hospitals after Dec. 31.
Ingham Circuit Court Agrees with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan on Two Counts of Attorney General's Lawsuit
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Oct 7, 6:02 pm EDT
A ruling by Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Paula Manderfield today validates arguments by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan that the Michigan Insurance Commissioner should determine the appropriateness of a $125 million capital transfer from Blue Cross to its Accident Fund Insurance Corporation of America subsidiary.
Kaiser Permanente seeks rate hike for most members
Honolulu Advertiser - Wed Oct 8, 12:45 am EDT
Kaiser Permanente Hawaii, the state's largest health maintenance organization, wants to raise rates for the majority of its members by an average of 4.9 percent next year and has applied for approval from the state insurance commissioner.
Aetna Selects Chesapeake’s T-Recs Enterprise for Global Treasury Operations Solution automates reconciliation of ...
Finance Technology Network - Tue Oct 7, 7:52 pm EDT
Aetna (Hartford, Ct.) will use Chesapeake System Solutions, Inc.'s (Owings Mills, Md.) Total Reconciliation Solution (T-Recs) Enterprise to automate reconciliation of its global accounts.
Aetna Selects Chesapeake’s T-Recs Enterprise for Global Treasury Operations
Insurance and Technology - Tue Oct 7, 7:49 pm EDT
Solution automates reconciliation of insurer’s global accounts. Aetna (Hartford, Ct.) will use Chesapeake System Solutions, Inc.'s (Owings Mills, Md.) Total Reconciliation Solution (T-Recs) Enterprise to automate reconciliation of its global accounts.
Focus on Seniors: Become informed about available Medicaid help
Florida Today - Tue Oct 7, 11:49 pm EDT
How many of you read the recent article in FLORIDA TODAY titled "Medicaid recipients challenge care rules"?
Judge rules in Mich. lawsuit against Blue Cross
WOOD TV 8 Grand Rapids - Tue Oct 7, 7:29 pm EDT
LANSING, Mich. -- An Ingham County judge has ruled for and against Blue Cross Blue Shield in its defense against a state lawsuit accusing the insurer of illegally shifting money to help...
LEGISLATURE: Restaino named to Medicaid post
Niagara Gazette - Tue Oct 7, 10:36 pm EDT
Former Niagara Falls City Court Judge Robert Restaino has found a new job in an unexpected place. Restaino, who was removed from the bench last year by the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct, will now serve as Niagara County’s new Medicaid fraud specialist.
Final Glance: Managed Care companies
INO News - Tue Oct 7, 6:07 pm EDT
Aetna fell $2.56 or 7.6 percent, to $31.06. CIGNA fell $.04 or .1 percent, to $30.25.
Plea agreement details WellCare's Medicaid fraud scheme
St. Petersburg Times - Tue Oct 7, 11:56 am EDT
TAMPA -- Recently unsealed federal court documents reveal details of what prosecutors call an "elaborate scheme" by WellCare Health Plans Inc. employees to defraud Medicaid of more than $20-million. A plea agreement shows that former WellCare employee Gregory West, 50,...
Ambulance company improperly billed Medicaid
The Columbus Dispatch - Tue Oct 7, 11:56 am EDT
A part-owner of a Circleville ambulance company may have to pay more than $370,000 to the state for submitting improper Medicaid billings over a three-year period.
Harold Pollack: Cutting Medicare and Medicaid to Fund Regressive Tax Cuts: Haven't We Heard This Before?
HuffingtonPost - Tue Oct 7, 7:22 pm EDT
Cutting Medicaid without addressing these underlying issues will only exacerbate the glaring health access and public health problems we face.
New federal exercise guidelines include strength training for all
USA Today - Tue Oct 7, 11:28 pm EDT
The government has raised the bar for physical activity levels and nobody's exempt, not even children or older adults. And exercise researchers couldn't be happier.
Don't use cold drugs in kids under 4: manufacturers
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 17 minutes ago
Oral cough and cold medicines sold over the counter should not be used in children younger than 4 years old because of the risk of rare complications linked to inappropriate use, manufacturers said on Tuesday.
China sets melamine levels for milk products
AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 3 minutes ago
China on Wednesday introduced standards for levels of the industrial chemical melamine permitted in milk and food products as it seeks to rein in a festering safety scare.