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Company Enters into Agreements with Self-Insured Employers and Unions for Components of Its Prometa(R) Based Disease Management Program more»

WASHINGTON—Some of the nation's largest employers are taking new approaches to providing health care coverage to retired workers that avoid the extremes of benefit-rich plans that over the long run are unaffordable or not providing coverage at all. more»

Some HR/benefit executives shake their heads, wondering why their disease management and wellness programs are not resonating with workers. more»

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 2008--Hythiam, Inc. (NASDAQ:HYTM) announced today that healthcare services executive Ian Worden has joined the Company as Senior Vice President, Disease Management Operations. In this capacity, he will oversee the day-to-day operations and expansion of the Company's disease management offering targeted at managed care, self-insured employers, unions and other third party payors. more»

MIAMI, FL—December 3, 2007—Healthcare Access Solutions, LLC today announced the launch of Consult A Doctor (www.consultadr.com), a complementary healthcare membership service guaranteed to reduce healthcare costs by providing greater access to licensed physicians by telephone or secure email more»

BOSTON, Mass.—Nov. 27, 2007— Capsule, the leading independent medical device connectivity solution used by hundreds of healthcare institutions worldwide, today announced it has received an award from Deloitte Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the fastest growing technology companies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). more»

Dallas retirees J.T. and Phyllis Dunkin are paying less for their health insurance and enjoying it more.

When Mr. Dunkin underwent bypass surgery in March, the health plan provided transportation to the hospital, sent a nurse to his bedside to check on his care and then, when he was about to be discharged, arranged for a home health aide. more»

ROSWELL, GA – November 9, 2007 – DrTango, Inc., the experts in innovative, culturally appropriate marketing, communications and health management solutions, is pleased to announce its online wellness portal, www.MiDieta.com, has been recognized as a leader among the 1,100 Websites entered in the annual eHealthcare Leadership Awards. The educational Website was presented with three top honors at the 11th annual Healthcare Internet Strategy Conference awards ceremony in Las Vegas, Nevada. more»

ROSWELL, GA – November 9, 2007 – DrTango, Inc., the experts in innovative, culturally appropriate marketing, communications and health management solutions, is pleased to announce its online wellness portal, www.MiDieta.com, has been recognized as a leader among the 1,100 Websites entered in the annual eHealthcare Leadership Awards. The educational Website was presented with three top honors at the 11th annual Healthcare Internet Strategy Conference awards ceremony in Las Vegas, Nevada. more»

We had never met, but as we talked on the phone I knew she was Googling me. The way she drew out her conjunctions, just a little, that was the tip off — stalling for time as new pages loaded. It was barely audible, but the soft click-click of the keyboard in the background confirmed it. Oh, well, it's the information age. Normally, she'd have to go through my staff first, but I gave her an appointment. more»

Health plan leaders are well aware of the market catalysts for consumer-directed health care (CDH) as well as the rationale for building capabilities to attract and retain individual plan members. However, the sense of urgency and call to action for this CDH-related disruption in the traditional supply chain—which can also be viewed as a market opportunity—varies widely from plan to plan. more»

Transitioning from paper medical records to electronic records is challenging for providers in any healthcare setting, but what about in a facility that serves as a combination of physician office, rehabilitation center and home?

Long-term care facilities are not known as innovators in healthcare IT, but Erickson Retirement Communities of Baltimore wants to change that perception. more»

A study suggests that a virulent drug-resistant bacterium spreading in hospitals and nursing homes may be twice as common as once thought. more»

I will conclude with a few words taken from the 2006 World Healthcare Congress Europe in Paris.
One speaker at the conference, dealing with global trends in healthcare, put forward what he called four cosmic laws of health care, as follows: “Rule number one: At any time anywhere on the globe people will whine about their healthcare system. Rule number two: The decibel level of whining is only weakly related to how much a country spends on healthcare. more»

Aetna was one of the first insurers to disclose what doctors in its networks get paid for their services, giving consumers more information to comparison shop. Just this week, the company unveiled a more comprehensive cost disclosure plan. more»

How we picked the 100 Fastest-Growing Companies To qualify for this year's listing, a company must be incorporated in the U.S.; have a minimum market capitalization of $250 million; have a stock price of at least $5.00; have been trading continuously since June 30, 2003; have revenue and net income for the four quarters ended on or before March 31, 2006, of at least $50 million and $10 million, respectively; and have posted a compound annual growth in revenue and earnings per share of at least 25% annually over the three years ended on or before March 31, 2006. more»

ActiveHealth Management (ActiveHealth®), a clinically-based, technology-driven health management services company, today announced the results of a year-long study to determine the incremental value of sending evidence-based clinical alerts to members. more»

How can we speed up the FDA’s approval process without compromising safety? The new Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (Dr. Andrew C. von Eschenbach) and the President of the Institute of Medicine (Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg) discuss strategies—including putting into practice the advice of the National Institute of Medicine, strengthening the authority of the FDA, and collaborating with government institutions, academia, and the pharmaceutical and biotech industries to develop new drugs and other products that will best serve the public. The discussion is chaired by Dr. Joseph M. Feczko, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Pfizer, Inc. more»

Glen Tullman didn't invent information technology, but he is one of those people who figured out early how to aim it with effect. Case in point: the 3 billion often illegibly marked paper prescriptions that Americans get from their doctors each year. more»