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Pittsburgh, Pa. — Highmark Inc. and the West Penn Allegheny Health System (WPAHS) today announced their intentions to pursue an affiliation aimed at maintaining the health system as a high-quality choice for health care services to millions of Western Pennsylvanians. As part of the initial arrangement, Highmark is immediately providing a $50 million grant to the [...]
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DETROIT — Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has designated approximately 2,500 physicians in roughly 770 practices across the state as patient-centered medical homes (PCMH), a 28 percent increase over the 1,800 designatedPCMH physicians in 2010. This is the nation’s largest PCMH effort for the third consecutive year. In the patient-centered medical home model, primary care [...]
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LOS ANGELES, June 22, 2011 – For the second consecutive year, Health Net, Inc. (NYSE: HNT) was recognized for its overall Internet excellence as an Official Honoree at the 15th Annual Webby Awards. In addition, Health Net Mobile, the iPhone and Android application that provides around-the-clock, secure access to Health Net accounts and services for [...]
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Sterling, VA – June 10, 2011 – hCentive, Inc (www.hCentive.com) today announced that Coventry Health Care, Inc. (coventryhealthcare.com) selected the hCentive WebInsure Consumer platform to power the online sales of its health plan products for individuals and families. Online consumers shopping for health insurance and brokers who quote and sell CoventryOne Individual products are now [...]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — One of the government’s newest catalysts for innovation is co-host of an event bringing together health innovators for collaboration that aims to transform health care through knowledge sharing. The event will be held at a one-of-a-kind space devoted to discussions about health. Leaders from the new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation [...]
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MINNETONKA, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Medica today announced that it will offer an innovative new defined contribution health benefit offering that will help employers better control rising healthcare costs while providing more group health coverage choices for their employees. The offering – My Plan by MedicaSM – is the first of its kind in the Minnesota market and [...]
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DEERFIELD, Ill., June 03, 2011 – Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG)(NASDAQ: WAG) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of drugstore.com. The transaction includes all websites directly owned and operated by drugstore.com, as well as its corporate office and customer service and distribution center operations. The transaction, which represents a total enterprise value of approximately [...]
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POWELL, OH–(Marketwire – May 31, 2011) - Click4Care™, an award-winning software company providing its care management platform to enable high quality healthcare at reduced overall cost, today announced the availability of Click4Care version 4.0. New functionality is provided for drastically enhanced transparency and traceability, quick compliance with industry regulations and improved processes and outcomes, all to support customers [...]
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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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EAGAN, Minn. (May 20, 2011) — This spring there will be “suits” riding bikes at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross) when it launches BlueCycle – a free bike-sharing program for employees. With locations at the Blue Cross offices in Eagan and Virginia, Minn., BlueCycle is the largest private bike-at-work program in [...]
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