Olympus Managed Health Care Inc. a leading provider of health care claims administration and cost containment services, announced the appointment of Robert Lavers as Senior Consultant. In this newly created role, Mr. Lavers will have overall responsibility for the firm’s business development and expansion initiatives throughout Asia.
“We are very pleased to have Bob join our [...]

Collaboration within the health care system and administrative efficiencies are fundamental elements to any number of today’s health care reform proposals in Washington, DC. New tools from Highmark to conduct real-time claims processing and real-time member liability estimation are driving collaboration and streamlining medical claims processing right in health care provider offices.
Real-time claims processing and [...]

Priority Health has expanded the coverage area for its PriorityHMOSM product throughout southern Michigan. Priority Health now serves all of Jackson, Kalamazoo, Calhoun, St. Joseph and Branch counties. In addition, Priority Health expanded its coverage area within Eaton County.
“This addition to our service area represents the fourth expansion of our provider network in less than [...]

Priority Health has expanded the coverage area for its PriorityHMOSM product throughout southern Michigan. Priority Health now serves all of Jackson, Kalamazoo, Calhoun, St. Joseph and Branch counties. In addition, Priority Health expanded its coverage area within Eaton County.
“This addition to our service area represents the fourth expansion of our provider network in less than [...]

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc. (BCBSF) has completed its acquisition of Florida Health Care Plan, Inc. (FHCP) from Halifax Hospital Medical Center (HHMC). FHCP will operate as a community-based, locally-managed, HMO subsidiary of BCBSF, serving Volusia and Flagler counties.
FHCP is a successful, high quality, mixed staff-model health care plan with 53,000 members [...]

As reported the National Committee of Quality Assurance (NCQA) recently ranked Universal Health Care as the 5th highest quality Medicare HMO in the State of Florida in its annual quality survey. Twenty-two plans were listed in the 2008 Florida survey. This ranking reflects the results of consumer surveys, and success in preventing and treating illness, [...]

Nationwide Better HealthSM, a leading provider of health and productivity management solutions, announced today that its vice president of product development, Dr. Richard D. Salmon, will present research entitled “Effect of Lifestyle Health Coaching on Self-Reported Health Status in Participants with Classes I, II and III Obesity” at The Forum 08: Integrated Care Summit, hosted [...]

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, [...]

Darwin National Assurance Company, a member company of Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd announced today that it has been selected by The IPA Association of America (TIPAAA) to offer health care professional liability coverage to its membership of more than 300,000 independent physicians.
With its niche approach and underwriters experienced in each health care [...]

HighRoads, the company providing employers – for the first time – complete control over their health care costs and vendors, today announced the release of HR Control, an interactive Web-based dashboard that dynamically displays real-time performance metrics for all critical HR and benefits programs. HR Control offers a personalized view that quickly identifies when customer’s [...]