Department Of Health

State of Florida, Department of Health Purchases Concenex Unified Customer Interaction Platform, Montage

January 6th, 2009

Concenex, a leading provider of call center solutions, announces the State of Florida, Department of Health has selected “Montage™”, the company’s unified customer interaction and communications platform.
The State of Florida, Department of Health mission is to promote, protect and improve the health of all people in Florida. When asked why they chose Concenex, Jose Valenzuela, [...]

Health Net Federal Services Statement on TRICARE Award Announcement

July 14th, 2009

Health Net Federal Services, LLC, the government operations division of Health Net, Inc. released the following statement today in response to the Department of Defense’s release of the TRICARE contract awards:
“Health Net Federal Services is disappointed not to be selected by TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) for the Managed Care Support Contractor in the TRICARE North [...]

Kennedy, Dodd health plan cost drops to $611 bln

July 3rd, 2009

Key Senate Democrats said on Thursday the cost of their plan to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system has dropped to $611 billion over a decade, a figure they hope will help draw wider bipartisan support in Congress.
Democratic Senators Edward Kennedy and Christopher Dodd, who are leading the Senate Health, Education Labor and Pension Committee’s efforts [...]

Neighborhood Health Plan and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Earn TriZetto’s First Annual IHM Power Awards

June 9th, 2009

The TriZetto Group, Inc. announced that Neighborhood Health Plan (NHP) and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst) were the winners of the first annual Integrated Healthcare Management (IHM) Power Awards in the categories of Operational Excellence and Innovation, respectively. The awards honor innovative customers that are demonstrating tangible success in the pursuit of IHM, the systematic application [...]

Sunquest Demonstrates Latest Laboratory Information System, Anatomic Pathology Software, and Business Management Solutions at Arab Health Conference

January 20th, 2009

Sunquest Information Systems, Inc., a market leader in laboratory and diagnostic information systems, will be exhibiting its latest best-of-suite Laboratory Information System (LIS), anatomic pathology software, and comprehensive business management solutions at the Arab Health 2008 Conference being held at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre from January 26-29, 2009. Sunquest solutions enable hospitals and laboratories [...]

Prominent Philanthropies and Businesses Join Freelancers Union to Pioneer New Health Insurance Model

December 9th, 2008

With layoffs on Wall Street and in the corporate sector putting health insurance front and center in the national debate, a group of the country’s leading philanthropies and businesses has joined together with Freelancers Union, a national non-profit organization, to pioneer a new model for providing health insurance to independent workers. Rockefeller Foundation, New York [...]

Leading German Health Insurance Organization, Deutsche Angestellten-Krankenkasse (DAK), Standardizes on Jive Software to Harness Employee Knowledge

November 25th, 2008

Jive Software, the social business software leader, announces that Deutsche Angestellten-Krankenkasse (DAK), one of the three largest health insurance companies in Germany, is standardizing on technology from Jive Software to facilitate collaboration and speed discovery of crucial information. DAK is one of Germany’s top three health insurance agencies and also one of the oldest with [...]

Leading German Health Insurance Organization, Deutsche Angestellten-Krankenkasse (DAK), Standardizes on Jive Software to Harness Employee Knowledge

November 25th, 2008

Jive Software, the social business software leader, announces that Deutsche Angestellten-Krankenkasse (DAK), one of the three largest health insurance companies in Germany, is standardizing on technology from Jive Software to facilitate collaboration and speed discovery of crucial information. DAK is one of Germany’s top three health insurance agencies and also one of the oldest with [...]

A.M. Best Downgrades Ratings of Senior Health Insurance Company of Pennsylvania

November 21st, 2008

A.M. Best Co. has removed from under review and downgraded the financial strength rating to C (Weak) from C++ (Marginal) and issuer credit rating to “ccc+” from “b” of Senior Health Insurance Company of Pennsylvania (SHIP, formerly known as Conseco Senior Health Insurance Company) (Bensalem, PA) to reflect its stand-alone status as part of a [...]

And the Emmy® Award Goes to: The US Family Health Plan and the National Military Family Association

November 20th, 2008

A series of public service announcements (PSAs) jointly sponsored by the US Family Health Plan, a DoD-sponsored military healthcare plan and the National Military Family Association, a non-profit organization committing to improving the lives of military families, has been honored with an Emmy® Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The PSA [...]