International Medical Group®, Inc. (IMG®), a worldwide leader in designing, distributing and administering global health care benefits, announces its new partnership with the web-based physician/patient communication company, eDocAmerica. The collaboration compliments IMG’s core principles of providing a full-service approach to offering international medical insurance products backed by superior customer service, and eDocAmerica’s mission to improve [...]

Zotec Partners, an industry leader in medical billing, practice management and Radiology Information Systems (RIS) software, announces today that experienced medical services executive Andrew Bolles has joined the company as director of business development. Bolles is responsible for new business development with a specific focus on radiology, anesthesia and pathology markets.
Bolles spent the last four [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Insurers Administrative Corporation, IAC (www.iacusa.com), and TelaDoc Medical Services (www.teladoc.com) jointly announced today that IAC will distribute TelaDoc’s comprehensive telehealth tools and physician or patient-selected cross-coverage programs. IAC, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, is a member of the IHC Group (www.ihcgroup.com), an organization of insurance carriers, managing general underwriters, third-party administrators and marketing affiliates that have [...]

Aveta Inc., a leader in Medicare Advantage, announced today that it’s California operating company North American Medical Management California, Inc. (NAMM California) has closed on its acquisition of Primary Care Associated Medical Group, Inc. (PCAMG), a leading independent physicians association (IPA) in north San Diego county, California, with 52 primary care physicians and over 300 [...]

CIGNA Corporation today reaffirms that the company’s capitalization remains strong and well in excess of regulatory requirements.
The company also stated that it currently has no need or intention to issue equity.
In addition, the company does not expect to issue additional long-term debt in 2008 under the current conditions, and would only do so if credit [...]

Anthem Blue Cross and La Maestra Community Health Centers announced they have successfully completed the underwriting of an $18.5 million bond initiative to support the construction of La Maestra’s new 34,660 square foot “green” health care center. When completed, it will house more than 200 staff members and support more than 100,000 patient visits annually [...]