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AIS's Health Business
Daily
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April
23, 2008
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"The
fee-for-service system rewards providers for doing
more. We must do more to change the system.... Our
plans are doing some really creative things to improve
quality and rein in costs, and we wanted to educate
people about the kinds of things we're doing around
the country."
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Alissa Fox, VP of legislative and regulatory policy
at the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, told
The AIS Report on Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans,
when discussing her group's April 15 Capitol Hill
presentation on innovative provider payment incentives.
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21%
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…of
Illinois children are overweight or obese, with another
18% at risk of being overweight, according to the
Illinois Dept. of Health's 2003-2004 survey, "Healthy
Smiles — Healthy Growth."
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2009 Medicare Advantage Rates: Immediate
Strategies for Health Plans
An audioconference - April 29, 2008
Join Pat Dunks, principal and consulting actuary with
Milliman, and Brian Weible, president of Wakely Consulting
Group, to find out how to revise your product and pricing
strategies to prepare the best possible bids before
the submission deadline. Click
here. |
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People
On the Move |
Arkansas
Blue Cross and Blue Shield promoted Krista Scott
to group service coordinator. She was hired as a
customer-service representative in 2004. The plan also
promoted Brandy Cunningham to senior product
analyst. She joined the company in 2001 as a customer-service
representative. In addition, the insurer hired Sean
Wright as a customer-service representative. He
previously worked for Cerner Corp.…PENN Medicine
appointed Michael Restuccia vice president and
chief information officer (CIO). Restuccia was interim
CIO for the University of Pennsylvania Health System
Information Services. |
AIS's DIRECTORY OF HEALTH PLANS:
2008
With more than 4,600 key executive contacts — this
500-page directory contains year-end 2007 contact and
enrollment data for every health plan and preferred
provider network operating in the U.S. Also available
on CD-ROM. Click
here. |
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Senators
Rockefeller, Hatch and Wyden and Congressmen Stark,
Waxman and Camp to Speak at Health Reform Conference
July 10-11.
Click
here.
MANAGED
MEDICARE AND MEDICAID FACTBOOK: 2008
Get up-to-date enrollment data on all Medicare Advantage
plans.
Click
here.
ONCOLOGY
DRUG MANAGEMENT: A WHITE PAPER ON MARKETPLACE CHALLENGES,
OPPORTUNITIES AND STRATEGIES
Find out how to design a cost-effective oncology drug
program.
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here
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