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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc. (BCBSF) makes finding health care solutions easier for Floridians with the introduction of its first Florida Blue mobile app for the iPhone® and Android™ Smartphones. Designed to help consumers save time and money, and stay healthy, the company’s latest mobile innovation brings health care [...]
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Charleston, S.C. – May 18, 2011 – Benefitfocus, the industry leader in healthcare and benefits technology, today announced that it has opened the BENEFITFOCUS® Platform to select third party developers. Benefitfocus announced the availability of the Benefitfocus API, ad hoc reporting and third party apps at this morning’s keynote address at One Place, the company’s premier event [...]
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LOUISVILLE, Ky.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Millions of Humana members will now find it easier to compare the cost of prescription drugs and explore available alternatives. Humana has updated its industry-leading MyHumana Mobile app and mobile website to include prescription drug pricing. The Drug Pricing feature allows members to quickly determine the cost of their prescriptions, identify lower-cost alternatives and [...]
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HARTFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Aetna (NYSE:AET -News) announced that the company’s online benefits advisor won a top honor from the Center for Plain Language on April 28. Aetna understands choosing a health plan is not easy. The new Aetna Benefit Advisor tool was launched in 2009. The virtual advisor is named “David.” In his friendly manner, [...]
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DANA POINT, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Michael Dell today shared his insights with healthcare executives on how information technology is being used to improve the efficiency and quality of care today and how IT can support future innovations in prevention, wellness and personalized medicine. “Digitizing patient information and making it available in a secure and convenient way across [...]
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MINNETONKA, Minn. & WASHINGTON–(EON: Enhanced Online News)–CAQH and UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) today announced that UnitedHealth Group has completed the Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange® (CORE®) Phase I and II testing process. This process certifies that UnitedHealth Group can deliver more efficient and predictable patient-eligibility and claims-verification information to doctors, hospitals, physician offices [...]
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HARRISBURG, Pa., April 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Capital BlueCross and My Pocket File are teaming up to provide Capital BlueCross members with My Pocket File’s secure, mobile, digital Personal Health Record (PHR), the mDoc card™. This exclusive relationship brings My Pocket File’s offerings to Capital BlueCross members at a discounted rate. Capital BlueCross members can [...]
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(Newark, NJ, January 12, 2011) – What happens when high-quality medical care meets state-of-the art communications technology? Patients – even those with a serious chronic disease – can get the clinical attention they need right from their homes, when they need it, resulting in healthier outcomes and fewer visits to the hospital. That’s what Horizon [...]
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Minnetonka, Minn. – Medica today announced it is launching a new personalized online health management program for its commercial members on January 1, 2011. The program will be accessible through Medica’s member website, mymedica.com. The centerpiece of the program is a health assessment unique and proprietary to Medica that determines each person’s health status [...]
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BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Dec. 6, 2010 – HealthPartners today extended the availability of virtuwell.com, the new 24/7 online clinic, to Wisconsin. Introduced to Minnesota in late October, virtuwell offers online diagnosis, treatment, and even prescriptions for 30 common conditions, all in about 30 minutes. Experienced nurse practitioners are available day and night to treat adults [...]
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