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AIS's Health Business
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29, 2008
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"The
introduction of any chronic blockbuster generic medication
generally yields savings to [Medco's] clients and
members. Once a generic becomes available, Medco generally
experiences a generic substitution rate of 95% (at
mail) within the first week of the generic becoming
available."
— Jennifer Luddy, spokseswoman for Medco Health
Solutions, Inc., told AIS's Drug Benefit News.
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…new
quality measures, for which hospitals will have to
report data to receive their full annual payment update,
were added in an April 14 CMS proposed rule. The reporting
would take effect in FY 2009, which begins Oct. 1.
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People
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Rush
Health Systems, headquartered in Meridian, Miss.,
appointed Christopher Rush director of regional
operations. Rush will be responsible for Laird Hospital,
Watkins Hospital, Scott Regional Hospital and Alexander
Nursing Center. He was with ECG Management Consultants,
Inc. in its West Coast health care practice.…BancTec,
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processing tools and services, named Richard Mobley
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Mobley was vice president of electronic data interchange
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