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AIS's Health Business
Daily
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April
1, 2008
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"The
[health plan] industry knows that [political debate
over Medicare Advantage funding] is coming. If I'm
Humana or United, or a large MA player, I might want
to push my medical loss ratio up a little bit, making
less profit in '08 than in '07...."
-- Tom Carroll, a managing director at Stifel Nicolaus
Capital Markets, told AIS's Medicare Advantage
News.
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About
90%
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of the 44 million Medicare beneficiaries have drug
coverage from Medicare or another source, according
to CMS.
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MANAGED MEDICARE AND MEDICAID
FACTBOOK: 2008
A 605-page resource that contains up-to-date enrollment
data on all Medicare Advantage plans, and features current
and historical statistics so you can make plan-by-plan
or state-by-state comparisons. Click
here. |
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People
On the Move |
Vested
Health, an administrator of IRS-qualified health
savings plans, promoted Shawn Dobson to president
and CEO. Dobson succeeded Pat Bond, who was appointed
interim CEO last year. Dobson was the company's executive
vice president.…Wakely Consulting Group, Inc.,
a Medicare Advantage actuarial firm in Clearwater, Fla.,
hired Julia Lambert as principal. Lambert was
a managing principal and Medicare actuarial practice
leader for Reden & Anders. |
Innovative Provider Payment Strategy
or Capitation All Over Again?
An audioconference - April 3, 2008
Learn new provider-payment strategies health plans are
experimenting with to replace the traditional fee-for-service
model - from Robert Mandel, M.D., vice president of
health care services at BCBSMA, and François
de Brantes, CEO for Bridges To Excellence. Click
here. |
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Medicare
Part D: A Comprehensive Analysis of CMS Rules
Includes detailed chapters on sponsors, eligibility and
enrollment, formularies, and CMS enforcement.
Click
here.
Medicare
Advantage News
Answers to questions surrounding Part D, regions for MA
plans and PDPs, the Medicare formulary and Medicaid.
Click
here
HSA
DIRECTORY AND RESOURCE GUIDE: 2007
Includes more than 400 HSA administrators and 1,200 HSA
executives — and CD with raw data and mailing lists.
Click
here
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