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AIS's Health Business
Daily
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April
2, 2008
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“Members
don’t separate pharmacy from medical from behavioral.
Why do health plans? While some employers prefer a
cafeteria approach — under the belief that they
can select best-of-breed value by working with multiple
carriers — an increasing number of them recognize
that benefits integration not only reduces complexity,
it also can improve both employee health and costs.”
-- CIGNA Corp.’s spokesperson Joe Mondy told
AIS’s Health Plan Week.
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87,000
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…shares
of WellPoint stock were sold by its former president
and CEO, Larry Glasscock, between Feb 6 and Feb. 27,
when the sale price hovered between $73.90 and $78.94.
The stock closed at $47.26 after WellPoint revised
its earnings projections on March 11. Glasscock retired
last year.
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AIS's Pharmacy Benefit Survey
Results
Now available quarterly as Excel spreadsheets! These
survey results track growth and consolidation in the
industry, and trends in costs, utilization and benefit
design. Click
here. |
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People
On the Move |
Health
Affairs named Susan Dentzer editor-in-chief,
effective May 1. Dentzer is the lead health correspondent
for PBS's The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
and was chief economics correspondent at U.S.
News & World Report and senior business
writer at Newsweek.…The Ohio Association
of Health Plans (OAHP) has elected new officers
for the statewide trade association of health plans.
Kathleen Crampton, chairman of the board of Buckeye
Community Health Plan, will serve as chair of OAHP.
Fred Hyser, director of national accounts for
Aetna, Inc., will serve as vice chair. And Lisa
Bateson, staff vice president of state affairs for
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, will serve
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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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