Extend Health announced that Richard Wheeler, former managing partner of Prescription Benefits, Inc., and Cathy Donahoe, former Director of Human Resources at Omniture, Inc., are joining Extend Health’s executive management team. Mr. Wheeler joins Extend Health as Senior Vice President for Public Sector Accounts. Ms. Donahoe joins as Vice President of Human Resources. Commenting on [...]

North Star Health announced that Ken Horowitz has joined the company as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Horowitz brings to his position over 30 years as a technology industry veteran in a variety of senior leadership roles.
“Ken brings vast experience with early stage companies, and exemplary knowledge of channel strategy and execution. His consistent achievement [...]

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 [...]

A HealthPartners wellness program has been named a finalist in the Best Practices in Health Care Consumer Empowerment and Protection Awards competition. The competition, held by URAC, a leading independent health care accrediting organization, drew entries from across the nation. The 23 finalists will be honored during the 2009 Best Practices in Health Care Consumer [...]

Health Net of California, Inc. offers health plan members impacted by the recent Southern California wildfires easy-to-follow guidance on how to access health care and employee assistance services as well as simple steps to refill prescriptions. Members also can obtain this information by calling Health Net at the numbers listed below or visiting its Web [...]

Magellan Health Services, Inc., the nation’s leading manager of behavioral health care, hosted former First Lady Rosalynn Carter at the company’s annual conference of its clinical and medical leadership team held in Atlanta earlier this week. Carter, who for nearly 40 years has been a driving force in advocating for mental health care education and [...]

Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company (Reliance Standard), a leading insurance carrier specializing in flexible employee benefits, recently welcomed Marie Killian as Director of Health and Productivity Management (HPM). Killian will be responsible for developing strategies to integrate services and information across absence, disability and health services delivery.
Killian previously served as Integrated Health and Productivity Management [...]

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 [...]

Arcadian Health Plan, Inc., announced today the debut of their Medicare Advantage health plans for select counties in California, Missouri, New Hampshire and Virginia, as well as continued expansion into existing markets including Maine and Texas. Its sister organizations and corresponding affiliates also continue expansion in Georgia, Louisiana, New York, Oklahoma, and North Carolina. Providing [...]

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 [...]