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Administration Tells Insurers To Honor Medicare Rx Claims
By Matt BradyBY MATT BRADYThe Bush administration is requiring insurers to provide needed drugs to Medicare beneficiaries while startup problems in the new pharmacy benefit are resolved.The ...
January 15, 2006
Maryland Lawmakers Set To Overturn Veto Of 'Fair Share' BillMaryland lawmakers were set to vote late last week to overturn Governor Robert Ehrlich's veto of "Fair Share" legislation that would require certain employers to ...
January 13, 2006
Ohio Software Firm Allies With EldoradoElectronic KnowlEDGE Corp. has agreed to work with Eldorado Computer Inc. to sell health plan administration systems to insurers, managed care companies and other health ...
January 13, 2006
Study: Patients Can Grade DoctorsOne of the key weaknesses of the "consumer-driven health plan" movement is that consumers have little access to quality information about individual doctors.Now a team ...
January 13, 2006
Study: Patients Can Grade DoctorsOne of the key weaknesses of the "consumer-driven health plan" movement is that consumers have little access to quality information about individual doctors.Now a team ...
January 13, 2006
Mercer Exec To Lead ISCEBSThe International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists says Rick Storms will be its president this year.Storms is a vice president in the Minneapolis office ...
January 12, 2006
Tenn. Blue To Help Develop Benefits Admin SystemA 3-company team says it is working on the next generation of benefits administration software.Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Tenn., is creating ...
January 12, 2006
Web Marketer Generates Cash, Adds ChairmanHealth Benefits Direct Corp. says it has raised about $15 million by selling common stock and warrants.Health Benefits, Pompano Beach, Fla., a company that provides ...