Secretary Sebelius announces next stage for providers adopting electronic health records
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the next steps for providers who are using electronic health record technology and receiving incentive payments from Medicare and Medicaid.
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Health Insurance Options for Early Retirees
One of my biggest worries about early retirement is health care. The cost of health care keeps increasing every year, and it is outpacing inflation by a wide margin. Sometimes I wonder if my investments can keep up with rising health care costs. This is a big problem for early retirees because we won't qualify for Medicare until age 65. If you retire before then, medical insurance can be very ...
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Health reform law provides coverage for nearly 50,000 Americans with pre-existing conditions
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced that the new health care law’s Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan program is providing insurance to nearly 50,000 people with high-risk pre-existing conditions nationwide.
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Health Net of California Earns NCQA Multicultural Health Care Distinction for Its Commercial and Medicaid Lines of ...
Health Net of California, Inc., a subsidiary of Health Net, Inc. , announced today that its HMO, POS, PPO, Healthy Families Program and Medicaid lines of business have been awarded the Multicultural Health Care Distinction by the National Committee for Quality Assurance .
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Fast Company Names Castlight Health One of the World’s Most Innovative Companies
Castlight Health, developer of a personalized health care shopping portal offering unbiased information about health care cost and quality, announced that it has been named one of the world’s most innovative companies in 2012 by Fast Company.
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Health IT Now Coalition Expresses Concern About Meaningful Use Stage 2 Regulation
The Department of Health and Human Services today released its Standards and Certification Criteria for Meaningful Use stage 2. The following should be attributed to Joel White, Ex
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MinuteClinic and TriStar Health Form Clinical Affiliation in Middle Tennessee
WOONSOCKET, R.I. and NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MinuteClinic, the retail health care division of CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS - News), and HCA's TriStar Health, the largest and most comprehensive ...
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CHS Partners with HealthyCircles to Improve the Health Care Patient/Provider Experience
CHS™ Health Services, Inc. has partnered with HealthyCircles™, an enterprise-class health platform for care teams to greatly enhance the employee-patient collaborative care experience.
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National Underwriter Life & Health Opens Nominations for 2012 Industry Elite Awards
ERLANGER, Ky., Feb. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --  National Underwriter Life & Health, a Summit Business Media publication, is now collecting nominations for the 2012 Industry Elite Awards.(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100316/SUMMITLOGO ...
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Bill would prod Miss. workers to improve health
Mississippi officials propose charging different rates for state workers' and teachers' health insurance, depending on whether those covered by the plan take steps to manage potentially expensive health conditions.
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