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AIS's Health Business
Daily
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April
3, 2008
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"They've
pretty much washed their hands of us. I'm a third-generation
[Deere & Co.] employee. We say we have green blood.
It's a sad day. In my wildest dreams, I never thought
I'd be doing what I am."
-- William Gabbard, who retired as a labor relations
manager after 43 years with Deere and now heads an
organization of retirees who have pooled resources
to retain an attorney for possible legal action to
fight Deere's changes in retiree benefits.
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$200
billion
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…in
health savings account assets could exist by 2012
with implementation of universal health coverage modeled
after initiatives in Mass. and Calif., according to
BearingPoint, Inc.
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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 |
The
University of North Texas Health Science Center
hired Kathleen Forbes as executive vice president
of clinical affairs and business development. Forbes
was vice president of medical affairs, chief medical
officer and chief quality officer at TriHealth Health
System in Cincinnati…Workscape, Inc.,
a developer of outsourced benefits and human resources
management tools for the health care industry, named
Samuel Adams general manager of talent management
solutions. Adams was president and CEO of St. Croix
Systems, a privately held health care software company.
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Managing Cancer Care: Strategies
to Improve Outcomes and Lower Costs
This valuable report takes a look at some of the management
strategies and pricing methodologies that health plans
have been instituting in hopes of reining in costs,
as well as the federal government's role in reimbursement.
Click
here. |
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HEALTH BUSINESS DAILY, at bjtaylor@aispub.com.
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Health
Plan Pay-for-Performance Programs: The Next Generation
P4P program trends and case studies.
Click
here
2000-2007
Survey Results: Pharmacy Benefit Trends & Data
Featuring hundreds of charts, tables and graphs on costs,
benefit design, utilization and PBM market share.
Click
here
AIS's
DIRECTORY OF HEALTH PLANS: 2008
Features more than 4,600 key executive contacts, and contains
year-end 2007 enrollment data.
Click
here.
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