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Cancer Treatment Expansion at Halfway Mark
Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Southwestern Regional Medical Center in Tulsa reaches the halfway completion mark. The hospital, 81st Street and U.S. 169, is halfway through the construction phase of adding 60,000. SF. Construction fo...
NCPA Releases Consumer's Guide to Explain Health Reform Costs, Benefits
The first detailed and objective consumer's guide on the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has recently been released by the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA), titled What Does Health Care Reform Mean To You?...
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INDIAN INSURANCE PRODUCTS SHOULD BE MARKET-ALIGNED: FORTIS MD HYDERABAD - Indian hospital chain Fortis Healthcare Ltd (BSE:532843), which reportedly plans to foray into insurance business, yesterday said Indian insurance products need to be...
Medforma Unveils Next-Gen Health Portrait Platform
To help employers reduce expenses while improving the health of their workforces, St. Paul-based Medforma Inc., said it has unveiled the next-generation of its Internet-based wellness platform called Health Portrait. In a release, the Compa...
Serbian army sees record applications for professional service
We are offering regular pay, benefits, and health care in the military medical system to include the families of members of the VS [Serbian Army], says Col Stevica Karapandzin. From 1 January the VS is transforming itself into a professiona...
ORU nursing granted $1 million to recruit minorities
The U.S. Department of Health Human Services Health Resources Services Administration awarded a grant for nurse education, practice and retention to the Anna Vaughn School of Nursing at Oral Roberts University. The $977,792 will be disbursed...
ITA Partners Extends Its Oncology Decision-Support Offerings With eviti(TM)
ITA Partners, Inc., an independent, third-party expert with nearly a decade of experience supporting oncology treatment decisions and patient care, is extending its decision-support services with the introduction of eviti(TM). This innovati...
Health Insurance Reform Schedule
This health insurance reform schedule is the official announced schedule from Easy To Insure ME to help citizens understand the future of health insurance in the United States. Health Insurance Reform Schedule 2010 New programs: Temporary r...
Relatively Good Performance Detected in Shares of MetLife in the Life & Health Insurance Industry (MET, AFL, SLF, MFC, AEG)
Below are the top five companies in the Life Health Insurance industry as measured by relative performance. This analysis was compiled based on yesterday's trading activity as we search for stocks that have the potential to outperform. MetL...
China tweaks villagers' health insurance system to encourage timely outpatient healthcare
China will encourage villagers to seek timely outpatient healthcare through an adjustment to the New Rural Cooperative Medical Care System (NCMS), a medical insurance scheme for villagers. To improve rural areas' health services, 50 percent...
RSA launches Claims Protect for businesses
businesses to help minimize the number and cost of claims they may face. The Claims Protect service comprises an audit to test a business' ability to manage workplace incidents and training to resolve any weaknesses identified. Existing clai...
Perspectives: State/Federal Divide Blurs in Health Care Reform
For state officials charged with turning health care reform into reality, 2014 is here in 2010. When Congress debated the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, just a few months ago, the target date of 2014 for full implementation of...
SDPI seminar Call to start health insurance for poor
Dr AJ Khan, former Federal Minister for Health, has asked the government to start a health insurance scheme in the country for the poor and rich and asked the employer to pay the premium. Dr Jamil was speaking at a seminar on Federal Budget...
AUSTRALIAN HEALTH INSURER NIB ACQUIRES IMAN INT'L FOR US$21 MLN
Private Australian health insurer NIB Holdings Ltd (ASX:NHF) has entered the temporary migrant workers market through the acquisition of IMAN International Pty Ltd for A$25 million (US$21.06 million). NIB managing director Mark Fitzgibbon s...
ASIA HEALTH NEWS - JULY 5, 2010
An executive briefing on Health for July 5, 2010, prepared by Asia Pulse, the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities. AUSTRALIAN HEALTH INSURER NIB ACQUIRES IMAN INT'L FOR US$21 ML...
Jinggoy re-files 'Kasambahay' Bill
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has re-filed a Senate bill once called the ?Freedom Charter for the Household Workers,? after the counterpart bill in the House of Representatives has not been approved during the last 14th Congress. Estrada...
State receives grant for Native American health care
The Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services awarded grants to improve outreach and enrollment of uninsured Native American children eligible for but not enrolled in the states Medicaid and the Childrens Health Insurance Programs. Grants were...
Christensen and HHS Regional Director Talk Health Care Reform Implementation
Delegate to Congress Donna M. Christensen met Wednesday with Dr. Jaime Torres, Director of Health and Human Services Region 2 which oversees Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. As we enter the implementation phase of health care reform...
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NOTICE TYPE: Amendment to Combined Synopsis/Solicitation DATE POSTED: 29-JUN-10 AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services OFFICE ADDRESS: Department of Health and Human Services; Food and Drug Administration; Office of Acquisitions an...
Health Insurer's Alliance With Restaurant Industry Aims to Take Bite Out of Working Uninsured
A health insurer's partnership with the National Restaurant Association to sell health plans to restaurant workers represents a potentially lucrative bite into the working uninsured market in the United States. In development for nearly two...
Hare: Senate Republicans Should Be Ashamed of Themselves
Congressman Phil Hare (D-IL) today released the following statement after Senate Republicans again blocked legislation that would create jobs and provide assistance to Americans that are suffering in the current recession. Senate Republican...
medical malpractice insurance company in florida.
Jacksonville-based MedMal Direct Insurance Company (MedMal Direct) said that it has officially launched operations as a medical malpractice insurance company in Florida. The company, the first in Florida to provide medical malpractice insur...
CDC Report Suggests New Concerns for Children's Oral Health
Dr. Steven Adair, Chief Dental Officer for Forba, a dental practice management firm focused on high-quality dental care for underserved communities, has raised concerns that a new government report on a lack of dental coverage for adults ma...
Assurant Health introduces Assurant Clarity
Assurant Health, a provider of health insurance products, has introduced Assurant Clarity, a health insurance option with consumer-preferred features, in San Antonio and Corpus Christi, Texas. Assurant Clarity offers consumers a plan design...
AASCIF: State Funds Prepared to Adapt to Health Care Changes
State workers' compensation funds are well-poised to adapt to any changes in health care and health insurance under the new health care reform law because of their long-standing relationship with governmental involvement on the state level,...
Oklahoma Foundation for Orthopedic Health Helps Uninsured OKC Resident
The Oklahoma Foundation for Orthopedic Health, a non-profit branch of the Orthopedic Institute, recently helped an uninsured Oklahoma City resident by providing her with much-needed surgery at no cost to her. Physicians at the Orthopedic In...
Broun Introduces Legislation to Repeal Obamacare and Replace with Bipartisan Solutions
Wednesday, June 09, 2010 Contact: Debbee Keller 202-225-4101 Broun Introduces Legislation to Repeal Obamacare and Replace with Bipartisan Solutions (Washington, D.C.) U.S. Representative Paul Broun, M.D. (GA-10) recently introduced a bill,...
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