Elder Health and Health Partners of Philadelphia Enter Agreement for Elder Health to Acquire Health Partners' Medicare Plan.
Sale of 'Senior Partners' to Elder Health Pending Approvals BALTIMORE and PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Elder Health Inc. and Health Partners of Philadelphia Inc. announced today they have entered into an agreement under which Elder Health would acquire Health Partners' Senior Partners Medicare line of business...

Elder Health Introduces New 'Bravo' Product Identity.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Elder Health Inc. announced today that it has changed the name of its Medicare Advantage and prescription drug plans to Bravo by Elder Health. Accompanying the name change is the release of a new logo and brand identity, which will begin appearing on product...

Drug habit; Medicare must have ability to negotiate prices.
COLUMN: IN OUR OPINION Congress should repeal an ill-conceived provision of the Medicare drug-benefit law that prevents the elder health care program from negotiating with pharmaceutical companies to obtain the best possible prices. Doing so would be an obvious boon for retirees and taxpayers. It...

Elder to grow portfolio with eight new brands.
KOLKATA: Mid-sized pharma player Elder Group is charting growth plans to make it big in the FMCG space. The Rs 400-crore group plans to expand its portfolio by launching 7-8 brands and is keen on acquiring an FMCG brand. A Rs 15-crore corpus has been set aside...

The Latest INQUIRY Journal Includes Elder Care Impact on Labor Supply, Health Insurance Coverage for Asian Americans and Latinos, Tort Law and Medical Malpractice Premiums.
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Summaries of the articles in the journal INQUIRY's recently released fall issue: "The Impact of Elder Care on Women's Labor Supply," by Richard W. Johnson and Anthony T. Lo Sasso -- This study found that women ages 55 to 67 who,...

Eight nurses appointed to disciplinary tribunal.
Eight nurses have been appointed to the Health Practitioners' Disciplinary Tribunal (HPDT). The Tribunal has been established under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act (HPCA). It is chaired by medical law specialist David Collins QC, who said the panel of eight nurses was soon to be expanded "to ensure...

The boomers are coming: a total cost of care model of the impact of population aging on health care costs in the United States by major practice category.
Our work models the impact of population aging on health care costs in the United States over the next five decades, at an aggregate and clinical level. In the context of many years of increasing health care costs, future cost concerns have centered on the Baby Boom generation: the...

Trust in a plan; Preparing for elderly health care.
Byline: Craig S. Semon Always independent and feisty, Therese Miller never believed she would be incapacitated someday and - despite the advice of her son, Worcester elder law attorney James A. Miller - she never wrote a durable power of attorney or a health care proxy. ...

Growth in use straining Centro Las Americas.
Byline: Lisa D. Welsh WORCESTER - Since it opened 31 years ago, Centro Las Americas has done a great job serving the Latino community. But for the past three years, it's done such a good job with its population of seniors that it has been...

Blue Cross Seeking Ageless Heroes.
COLUMBIA, S.C., July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina is looking for heroes! The company is sponsoring a statewide search for six senior heroes whose life achievements prove the elder years can be a time of health, vitality and accomplishments. Blue Cross...