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 [...]

Sixty of the region’s employers attended a kick-off breakfast this week for Philadelphia’s second annual National Walk Lunch Day(SM), sponsored by Independence Blue Cross. Hosted by Independence’s President and CEO Joseph A. Frick, the breakfast promoted National Walk Lunch Day, a national event held each spring to promote the idea of improving health [...]

ALR Technologies Inc announces that insurance carriers will reimburse physicians for remote care of patients by using the ALRT Health-E-Connect System. Healthcare professionals can monitor patient data on-line and intervene to improve clinical outcomes using the proprietary Health-E-Connect System. The ALRT platform is a technology tool for caregivers to track diagnostic data, including blood [...]

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Wisconsin announced today that its associates have pledged more than $908,000 to support over 1,000 not-for-profit organizations in 2009 as part of the company’s annual Associate Giving Campaign. The parent company of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield will match 50 percent of associate pledges, increasing the total [...]

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 [...]

It costs extra money to carry around extra weight: $19.39 per overweight pound or an average of more than $1,000 a year, as a recent Humana study pointed out.
That’s because people who are overweight or obese are much more at risk of heart attack, stroke, diabetes and some cancers. One of the best ways to [...]

The VSP Mobile Eyes® program traveled the nation in 2008 providing over $1.8 million in charitable eyecare services and education outreach, including response services to four major disasters. The introduction of a second mobile clinic in June 2008 provided an additional channel to provide for those in need.
The mobile clinics traveled to 62 locations nationwide [...]

The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation has awarded $1.95 million in grants to 17 health care delivery organizations working to implement more cost-effective care for the uninsured through outreach and education, prevention, and medical management. The grants range from $55,000 to $95,000.
“State residents who remain uninsured despite the historic gains made under the [...]

Universal Benefit Plans and subsidiary company Universal Dental Plan newly launched an outreach partnership to provide Massachusetts nonprofits with a cost-effective, convenient alternative to dental insurance in exchange for Universal Benefit Plans administering their employee benefits as Broker of Record. Nonprofit employees in Massachusetts will now have access to Universal Dental Plan’s network of dentists [...]

The King Center will officially launch the 2009 MLK Birthday Observance January 10, 2009 by hosting and co-sponsoring an exciting new program with life-saving potential, “The Health & Wellness Forum.” The program, which will be held at locations within the King Historic Site, is free of charge to the public.
The Health and Wellness Forum, co-sponsored [...]