AmeriChoice and Baptist Memorial Health Care Ink Pact to Provide TennCare Services in West Tennessee.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-21 September 2008-AmeriChoice and Baptist Memorial Health Care Ink Pact to Provide TennCare Services in West Tennessee(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com AmeriChoice by UnitedHealthcare and Baptist Memorial Health Care announced that they have signed a definitive agreement to provide care and services to TennCare...

Commentary: the impact of Medicare coverage policies on health care utilization.
Traditional fee-for-service Medicare, by far the most popular choice of Medicare beneficiaries, lacks many of the tools that commercial health insurance and Medicare Advantage plans can use to control health care utilization. Prior authorization, selective contracting, utilization review, and capitation are generally absent from traditional Medicare. Furthermore, most beneficiaries...

John Pegues Selected as CEO of Coventry Health Care of Louisiana.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-22 September 2008-John Pegues Selected as CEO of Coventry Health Care of Louisiana(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Coventry Health Care announced the appointment of John R. (J) Pegues as chief executive officer of Coventry Health Care of Louisiana The Louisiana health care...

Health care must be earned.
Dr. Alan R. Nelson's discouragement about health care reform is not uncommon ("Top 10 Reasons Reform Won't Happen Soon," Adviser's Viewpoint, June 15, 2008, p. 9). Sadly, the only health care reform he considers is some form of "universal coverage." Despite years of government intervention, which has created today's...

Walgreens' Take Care Health Systems Expands in Atlanta.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-22 September 2008-Walgreens' Take Care Health Systems Expands in Atlanta(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Take Care Health Systems has opened five additional Take Care Clinics at Walgreens drugstores, as the company launched the second stage of a multi-phase expansion plan in the greater Atlanta...

Private foundations roll out health care reform proposals.
In addition to the presidential candidates, other players in the health care arena are also unveiling their own detailed plans to provide health care coverage for all or most Americans. The Commonwealth Fund's proposal, called "Building Blocks," seeks to cover 44 of the 48 million Americans estimated...

Research and Markets Adds Report: Health Care Services (UK) - Portfolio Analysis.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-21 August 2008-Research and Markets Adds Report: Health Care Services (UK) - Portfolio Analysis(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Health Care Services (UK) - Portfolio Analysis" report to its offerings. In a release, Research...

Moving from health care to health: investing in prevention: new report documents cost savings.
What happens when you start a discussion on the importance of ensuring that everyone has access to health care? Inevitably, the conversation turns toward the need to change the health care system-to change the way that we deal with disease and to make sure that everyone has access to...

Dems, reps agree it's time for health care reform.
WASHINGTON -- The nation's health care system will be overhauled in a substantive fashion in the early days of the next administration, promised advisers to both presidential candidates at a forum sponsored by the journal Health Affairs. Although the economy has replaced health care as the top...

Many Hispanics lack usual health care provider.
WASHINGTON -- Hispanics may place significant stress on the health care system in the future, as they are projected to be the largest segment of the population by 2050, but are less likely to have a usual source of care and have less knowledge about chronic disease, according to...