As Americans mark breast cancer awareness month, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius today released a new report, Health Insurance Reform and Breast Cancer: Making the Health Care System Work for Women. The report details how health insurance reform will help women diagnosed with breast cancer and is available now at www.HealthReform.gov.
“Thousands of [...]

In an ongoing effort to battle the disease and support cancer survivors, The Hartford has launched the LIVESTRONG Wellness Protection Plan, a guaranteed-issue, multi-benefit product that helps promote early detection of cancer and financial protection in the case of a diagnosis.
“We are honored to unite with the Lance Armstrong Foundation in the common agenda of [...]

CIGNA HealthCare’s Colorectal Cancer Screening program has been named by URAC, a leading independent accrediting organization, as one of 23 finalists in URAC’s Best Practices in Health Care Consumer Empowerment and Protection Awards competition. The competition drew entries from across the nation. The finalists will be honored during the 2009 Best Practices Conference & Exhibit, [...]

Kaiser Permanente is the only health plan in California to earn excellent, four-star ratings in the 2009 Edition Healthcare Quality Report Card from the California Office of the Patient Advocate (OPA).
The report card results, announced today by the California OPA, also show Kaiser Permanente Northern California and Southern California receiving the highest scores overall in [...]

Kaiser Permanente received the most stars in the just released HMO Quality Report from the California Office of the Patient Advocate (OPA). Kaiser Permanente’s Southern California Region and Northern California Region each received seven of eight possible stars in the report – more than any other health plan.
The two Kaiser Permanente plans were the only [...]

Longitude Health, Inc provider of web-based, guided health and wellness solutions for mid-size, self-insured companies, today announced its two-part video series titled, Overcoming Cancer. The inspirational, mini documentary chronicles how breast cancer survivor Jackie O’Rouke underwent bilateral mastectomy, while revealing how she deals with cancer on a daily basis including: personal support structures, the importance [...]

Zila, Inc. announced that Essex Dental Benefits has begun offering coverage for ViziLite® Plus with TBlue®, Zila’s proprietary screening device for the early detection of oral abnormalities that could lead to cancer.
“Wellness screenings, such as oral cancer examinations, have been shown to help improve health outcomes and reduce healthcare costs,” said Ziad Rubaie, executive vice [...]

The fourth annual Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit hosted by State Farm® will kick off Feb. 11 at the Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes in Orlando, Florida. The four-day conference, which consistently attracts more than 600 of corporate America’s most prominent minority women, C-level decision makers, mid- to senior-level managers, and aspiring professionals, offers a [...]

To better meet the needs of employee benefit brokers and consultants, HM Insurance Group, a Highmark company, has launched its next generation HM Worksite Advantage product line, which features dedicated worksite sales specialists, redesigned products, seamless account administration, targeted enrollment techniques and membership management in a highly coordinated approach for the growing worksite marketplace.
“Employee benefit [...]

By targeting places where people congregate, such as churches, community centers and supermarkets, the organizations and people featured in the 2009 Aetna African-American History Calendar are spreading health and wellness messages to African-American communities across the country.
Most people are intelligent. If you give them appropriate information about their health, they’ll make good decisions,” said Bishop [...]