Medical Insurance News for 02/01/2012

Speakers set for health-care reform event
The lineup of speakers is set for the Boulder County Business Report's event, The Inside View: Health-Care Reform, that will be from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb...

Market Wire - Insure Children and Students for March Break Travel
January 24, 2012 -- With March Break preparations in high gear, Canada's Travel Health Insurance Association (THIA) urges parents to make sure that children...

Pitt Women's Basketball to Host Pink the Petersen Game on Feb. 25
PITTSBURGH Pitt women's basketball will host its fifth annual 'Pink the Petersen' event on Saturday, Feb...

Health Plan Introduces New Individual Products
Pricing for this comprehensive coverage is as low as The eight new plans - known collectively as UPMC Individual Advantage - can be purchased directly and provide varying levels of deductibles, cost and coverage, and enable persons to choose the option that best meets their own and their families' health care needs...

Commentary: More information needed before no-fault is changed - The Detroit News

Commentary: More information needed before no-fault is changed
The Detroit News
By Steven Hinderer The insurance industry claims Michigan's auto insurance system will go broke if lawmakers don't drastically change our state's nearly 40 year-old auto no-fault law. House Bill 4936 would slash health care coverage insurers provide .

Market Wire - Experian QAS Launches New Medical and Insurance Compliance Tool
January 24, 2012 -- Experian® QAS®, a part of Experian Marketing Services and a leading provider of address verification software and services, today...

Combinations
To dispel fears of its members, the Government Service Insurance System said Monday that its funds are safe, intact and not affected by alleged scams...

Project Coordinator - Central African Republic
Posted: 01 February 2012 Deadline: 15 February 2012 Job type: Permanent Salary: $40.000 - $50.000 Location: Central African Republic Organisation: Merlin - UK Benefits: Insurance cover, accommodation, R&R and annual leave entitlement of 24 days per annum rising to 30 days at the completion of 12 months of continuous employment with Merlin...

Georgia looks to revamp Medicaid amid uncertainty - The Augusta Chronicle

Georgia looks to revamp Medicaid amid uncertainty
The Augusta Chronicle
By Tom Corwin Georgia is planning to overhaul its Medicaid program over the next couple of years even as federal health care reform remains uncertain. Georgia is looking to revamp its $7.8 billion Medicaid program that covers nearly one in five people .

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Business Wire - Progressive Car Insurance to Hire 129 People in Colorado Springs
January 24, 2012 -- In a state where unemployment rates recently hit 7.9 percent, Progressive car insurance is helping boost the Colorado Springs area economy by...

Market Wire - Simplee Adds Support for New Insurers, Covers 80% of US Health Insurance Market
January 24, 2012 -- Simplee, the best way to save money on medical bills, today announced that it has added 23 new insurance payers and BlueCross BlueShield...

Many In High-Risk
Thanks to the..

The End of
Heres a bold prediction for the new year. By 2020, the American..

People on the Move
Foley, of Birmingham, comes to the CHM Foundation from Henry Ford Health System, where she served as senior director of Medical Group Philanthropy and Major, Principal and Planned Gifts...

Business Wire - Progressive Car Insurance to Hire 185 People in Austin
January 24, 2012 -- In a state where unemployment rates recently hit 7.8 percent, Progressive car insurance is helping boost the Austin area economy by filling 185...

Aetna
If Eve's heartbreaking diary hasn't gotten you upset enough tonight, this sickening piece of news about the mega-profit Aetna..

Miami man charged with submitting fraudulent PIP claims
From Staff Writer Doreen Hemlock: A top Florida official Wednesday announced an arrest for alleged Personal Injury Protection fraud, as the Scott administration revs up its campaign for a new PIP auto-insurance law...

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Improve standard auto coverage with optional benefits
If you think your auto insurance policy is complex, you're not alone. Confusing or not, it's worth taking the time to fully understand how the coverage is going to work when you need it...

Business Wire - Progressive Car Insurance to Hire 390 People in Tampa
January 24, 2012 -- Progressive car insurance is helping boost the Tampa area economy by filling 390 positions in sales, service and claims at its Riverview contact...

Business Wire - Progressive Car Insurance to Hire 337 People in Cleveland
January 24, 2012 -- In a market where unemployment rates recently hit 7.4 percent, Progressive car insurance is helping boost the Cleveland area economy by filling 337...

Norovirus The Leading Cause Of Infection.
Norovirus, a pathogen that often causes food poisoning and gastroenteritis, was responsible for 18.2 percent of all infection outbreaks and 65 percent of ward closures in U.S. hospitals during a two-year period, according to a new study published in the February issue of the American Journal of Infection Control , the official publication of APIC - . (more)..

The Editor's Inbox: Consequences of a repeal - Mason City Globe Gazette

The Editor's Inbox: Consequences of a repeal
Mason City Globe Gazette
The GOP candidates pledge to repeal the Affordable Health Care Act, so called "Obamacare." Here what would happen in Iowa if they succeed: EUR¢ Iowa's 519700 Medicare beneficiaries would no longer be eligible for free preventive services such as .

Sen. Feinstein backs
A high-stakes ballot measure to give state regulators the power to approve..

Market Wire - Health Insurance for Children in 2012: eHealthInsurance Publishes Updated Data on Open Enrollment Periods and Product Availability
January 25, 2012 -- Today eHealthInsurance (NASDAQ: EHTH), the leading online source of health insurance for individuals, families and small businesses,...

Exchange politics for preparedness - The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines (blog)

Exchange politics for preparedness
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines (blog)
They included Chuck Larson, former Republican state chairman and legislator, as well as insurance and small business folks. All of them are wary of or oppose the federal Affordable Care Act's individual health insurance mandate, which the US Supreme .

Catholics upset by federal
Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory is urging area Catholics to press their elected officials to reverse a federal mandate that requires church-affiliated institutions to offer..

Alabaster woman sentenced for stealing hospital patient info
A federal judge today sentenced an Alabaster woman to more than three years in prison for charges including stealing identifying information on more than 4,000 patients from a Birmingham hospital...

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DeWine, BWC close Portsmouth - pill mill'
Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation Administrator/CEO Stephen Buehrer, right, and Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine were in Portsmouth Wednesday to discuss the BWC fraud investigation involving Dr...

Western Pa. health insurers all see business growing
It seems Western Pennsylvania is the mythical Lake Wobegon of regional health insurance markets -- all the carriers were above average in 2011...

Gov. Jerry Brown gets wide array of support for tax-hike initiative
In this Jan. 18, 2012 file photo, Gov. Jerry Brown leaves the Assembly after he delivered his State of the State address before a joint session of the Legislature at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif...

State insurance commissioner key when working with insurance companies
Medical care for Special Needs families is ongoing and costly. When dealing with insurance companies, it is important to remember that they are businesses that operate on the most basic of principles: maximize earnings while minimizing costs...

The Levinson Tractenberg Group Advertising Agency Announces Specialty Division for Mobile Marketing
The marketing world has shifted dramatically over the past ten years. "Traditional" media such as TV, newspaper and radio don't have the same singular influence that they used to...

I was thinking about this yesterday. I know the fact I was thinking is a scary thought! Have you ever flown on Spirit Airlines? I took a direct flight to Myrtle Beach from Chicago a few years back. They have a unique business model. They had the cheapest ...

Doctor coalition challenges the AMA and the White House on Obamacare
SAN DIEGO , February 1, 2012 - Multiple physician groups have come out in strong opposition to the Obamacare legislation and to the under-handed, self-serving fashion in which the American Medical Association gave its support for the law...

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Dr. Andrew Hendricks , Medical Director of Southeastern Dermatology, is board certified in both dermatology and cosmetic surgery...

Panel votes to end abortion coverage for rape victims - The State

Panel votes to end abortion coverage for rape victims
The State
The exclusion for rape and incest also would apply to private insurance plans offered in South Carolina as part of President Barack Obama's controversial health-care reform law. Those health plans, called state health exchanges, don't exist yet, .

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Business Wire - BestWeek Asia/Pacific: Severe Quakes Reveal Coverage ‘Blind Spots’
January 25, 2012 -- HONG KONG -- The devastating earthquakes that struck in a number of locations in 2010 and 2011 revealed what reinsurer Swiss Re...

Meet Your Neighbor
Sarah has been employed by Bi-County Insurance for the past 11 years. She previously was employed at Fisher Foods in Oquawka...

Obama insurance decision declares war on religion - San Antonio Express

Obama insurance decision declares war on religion
San Antonio Express
20 EUR” three days before the annual March for Life EUR” the Obama administration announced its final decision that Catholic universities, hospitals and charities will be compelled to pay for health insurance that covers sterilization, contraceptives and .

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House advances $69.2 billion budget - Tallahassee Democrat (blog)

House advances $69.2 billion budget
Tallahassee Democrat (blog)
While the budget does call for layoffs and prison closings, it keeps intact a perk for thousands of state employees who pay very little for health insurance. House members agreed to keep state employee health insurance premiums at their current levels .

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Legislation, new health center to affect USC students - Daily Trojan Online

Daily Trojan Online

Legislation, new health center to affect USC students
Daily Trojan Online
Expansion · Dr. Larry Neinstein, executive director of the University Park Health Center, said USC wants to expand insured dental services. - Chris Roman | Daily Trojan According to Dr. Larry Neinstein, executive director of the University Park Health .

PicktheBestPlan Provides Columbus Customers with Seamless Insurance Shopping Experience
PicktheBestPlan.com is committed to providing consumers and business owners with the resources, information, tools and solutions they need to find the best available insurance plans on the market...

'Every day is fun' for Brevard pediatrician
Pediatrician Dr. Jan Borowski first thought about caring for the oldest patients until a rotation in medical school gave her a chance to work on the youngest...

House advances $69.2 billion budget - Tallahassee.com

House advances $69.2 billion budget
Tallahassee.com
While the budget does call for layoffs and prison closings, it keeps intact a perk for thousands of state employees who pay very little for health insurance. House members agreed to keep state employee health insurance premiums at their current levels .

Santorum talks health care in Teller County - Our Colorado News

Santorum talks health care in Teller County
Our Colorado News
EURœWhat we need in the health care system is not a state-run organization to create a marketplace. We need a marketplace to create a marketplace,EUR Santorum said, to cheers from the audience. EURœHealth insurance doesn't work for one primary reason, .

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Business Wire - AIG’s Chartis and American General Merge Group Benefits Units To Form AIG Benefit Solutions
January 24, 2012 -- NEW YORK -- Two American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) units, Chartis U.S. Accident and Health (Chartis A&H), and...

Idaho Governor At Odds With Voters Over
BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter's support for Idaho establishing a state-based..

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