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Top Blue Cross and Blue Shield-Branded Managed Care Organizations Lost More Than One Million Members in the First Half of 2008

HealthLeaders-InterStudy's Managed Market Surveyor-Rx Evaluates How Medical and Pharmacy Lives are Covered at National, State and MSA Levels NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthLeaders-InterStudy, the leading provider of managed care market intelligence, reports that the 15 largest Blue Cross and Blue Shield-branded managed care organizations collectively lost more than one ...

Luz Maria Frias Appointed to Blue Cross Foundation Board

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation has named Luz Maria Frias to its 13-member board of directors. The board directs the state's largest grantmaking foundation dedicated exclusively to improving health in Minnesota, and includes five community representatives. "Luz's well-rounded experience in areas where the Blue Cross Foundation is ...

March 13th 2010
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Fake Prescriptions Still an Issue; Corey Haim Death Highlights Problem

With the recent untimely death of actor Cory Haim this week, the public is learning about an industry-wide problem that continues to plague the health insurance industry, fake prescriptions. Corey Ian Haim (December 23, 1971 – March 10, 2010) was a Canadian actor, best for his 1980s Hollywood career as ...
March 11th 2010
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation Wins Big at 2010 Wilmer Shields Rich Awards Program

The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation earned two national awards for Excellence in Communications, one gold and one silver, in the 2010 Wilmer Shields Rich Awards Program. The awards, given by the Council on Foundations and the Communications Network, recognize important communication efforts that increase public awareness of ...
March 2nd 2010
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HealthPass Now Offering UnitedHealthcare’s Oxford Health Benefit Plans

HealthPass, a partnership between New York City, the New York Business Group on Health, and the health insurance industry, is now offering five of UnitedHealthcare's Oxford health insurance plans to employers. To qualify, the employers must have two to 50 eligible employees and be based in New York City or ...
March 2nd 2010
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Verizon Wireless’ Mobile Healthcare Solutions Let Hospitals and Clinics Streamline Communications and Access Critical Data

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., and ATLANTA, March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthcare organizations ranging from large city hospitals to rural community health clinics can count on Verizon Wireless to deliver customized wireless solutions that allow caregivers the ability to utilize resources that enhance the patient experience. Representatives from Verizon Wireless, operator of ...
March 2nd 2010
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Enanta Nominates EDP-239 as Lead Development Candidate for NS5A HCV Inhibitor Program

WATERTOWN, Mass., March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today the nomination of lead development candidate, EDP-239, from its NS5A hepatitis C virus (HCV) inhibitor program. EDP-239 has demonstrated picomolar potency against multiple genotypes of the virus and a preclinical pharmacokinetic profile amenable to once-a-day dosing. "Our NS5A inhibitor program ...

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