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Employer Groups Pan House Mental Parity Approach
By Staff WriterWitnesses from the American Benefits Council and the ERIC Industry Committee testified here today against a bill that could create new standards for employer-sponsored behavioral ...
June 15, 2007
Some Private FFS Plans To Suspend MarketingSeveral health carriers have agreed to take a break from selling new private Medicare fee-for-service coverage.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services already has responded ...
June 15, 2007
Researchers Map Gaps In Diabetes CareThe United States could cut health care costs significantly and improve care for 4 million people with diabetes significantly if health insurance ownership rates in ...
June 15, 2007
Researchers Map Gaps In Diabetes CareThe United States could cut health care costs significantly and improve care for 4 million people with diabetes significantly if health insurance ownership rates in ...
June 14, 2007
Researchers: Good Cardiac Care May Cost LessSome Pennsylvania heart surgery units that charge below-average prices earn above-average quality scores.Researchers have reported that conclusion in a study of 60 cardiac surgery departments ...
June 14, 2007
ERIC Benefits Proposal Would Realign DistributionA task force at the ERISA Industry Committee has come out with ideas for a new health and retirement system that might affect the role ...
June 14, 2007
Researchers Find Big State Health And Mortality VariationsResidents of Mississippi were more than twice as likely to die young from preventable or treatable causes in 2002 than residents of Minnesota were.Researchers have ...
June 14, 2007
Feds Find Growing Acceptance Of LTC ProgramGovernment employees might be starting to warm up to the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program.Officials at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management are reporting ...