Article: Strategy--managing benefit plans.(Health Care CENTRAL)

Article: Insurance transparency.(HEALTH CARE & BIOTECH)(Brief article)
Los Angeles Business Journal;  March 23, 2009 ;     250 words ...An L.A. health care industry consultant and...more information to lower health care premiums. Assemblyman Paul...information about costs for their health plans. The bill would protect...companies to disclose true plan costs to employers. The legislation applies pressure to ...

Article: The health care industry: multi-disciplinary opportunities leading to careers in health care.
The Black Collegian;  February 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...What is a typical day like for a health care executive? Gerard Michaels is one of the newest health care managers for one of the largest hospital...filled with meetings with physicians and health care executives. He has to read and respond...

Article: Feds put brakes on fast-growing home health care. (investigation of Medicare fraud)(Health Care Special Report: House Calls)(Industry Overview)
Los Angeles Business Journal;  November 10, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Home health care, once the province of small, community-bas...year - and one that is dominated by health care giants and hospitals. Driven by cost-conscio...home care is now an integral part of health care for millions of Americans, especially...

Article: For hospitals, home is where health care savings are. (Special Report on Health Care)
San Diego Business Journal;  April 8, 1991 ;     700+ words ...For hospitals, home is where health care savings are Hospitals and health maintenance organizations...way of curbing costs and improving the quality of health care. A decade ago, home health care might have meant a visit from a nurse or other...

Article: The ethical foundations of health care reform. (includes related article on faith groups and health care) (Cover Story)
The Christian Century;  June 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ...Our health care system contains much of which we should...must preserve its virtues. Yet our health care system is seriously flawed. It fails...population (about 40 million people) from health care insurance; it leaves another one-seventh...

Article: Health Care Injects $18.3 Billion Annually into Middle Tennessee Economy; Impact Study Findings Show One in Five Jobs Related to Nashville Health Care Industry.
Business Wire;  February 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ...NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Nashville's health care industry has a total economic impact...and 154,800 jobs can be attributed to health care, 22 percent of the region's non-farm...study released today by the Nashville Health Care Council (NHCC). Over the past 10 years...

Article: U.S. health care in conflict -- part II: the challenges of balancing cost quality and access. (Policy).(consumers and insurers negatively affecting health care industry)
Physician Executive;  September 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...MANY HEALTH CARE consumers of the 21st century are becoming...involved in making choices about the health care they receive. Three characteristics...consumers from traditional consumers of health care services: 1. Cash 2. College 3. Computers...

Article: Agents of change for health care reform: school leaders need to play a larger role in the health care reform discussion to ensure that healthier families send healthier kids to school.
Leadership;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......is widely recognized throughout the health care industry that the United States leads the world in health care spending per capita. As consumers...word better. If we're paying more for health care, we must be getting more for it. We...

Article: Newspapers foretell health care's future. (Health Care Trends).
Physician Executive;  May 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...* Health Care Trends * Consumers Push For Sensible Health Care System * Physicians Rebel Against PPMCs and HMOs...January 1999) of newspaper articles addressing various health care issues. Newspaper contents reflect the changing market...

Article: HEALTH PLAN COSTS CONTINUE TO DROP FOR SMALL-BUSINESS EMPLOYERS -- $5.5 TO $6 MILLION IN SAVINGS FORECAST; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota announces second consecutive year of rate reductions, plan enhancements.
Business Wire;  April 25, 1996 ;     700+ words ......announced that it will reduce health coverage rates for small businesses...providers in an integrated health care systems approach, which fosters...on providing uninterrupted health care coverage to their employees...We will continue to provide health care products that make ...

Article: World Health Care Congress Launches ReformPlans.com to Encourage and Focus Health Care Reform Discussion.
Business Wire;  February 27, 2008 ;     466 words ...WASHINGTON -- The World Health Care Congress today announced the launch...that brings the real issues in health care reform to a broader audience. ReformPlans...stakeholders in the push to reform U.S. health care. It also features news, opinion...

Article: Home health care outcomes under capitated and fee-for-service payment. (Issues in Reforming Home Health Care)
Health Care Financing Review;  September 22, 1994 ;     700+ words ...INTRODUCTION Quality of Home Health Care Home health care occupies a relatively unique position in the health care field. In most health care settings, with the relatively rare exception of physician home visits, the patient or client travels...

Article: The gathering regulatory storm. (legislative proposals for health care reform) (Chairman's Agenda: Managing Health Care Costs)
Directors & Boards;  January 1, 1992 ;     700+ words ...The health care reform debate will likely center on...yet begun to talk about the need for health care reform should call Dick Thornburgh...Democrat's emphasis on the need for health care reform struck a deep, resonating chord...

Article: Improving on the system: the chamber works to engage members in health care reform.(Health Care Initiatives)
Detroiter;  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......are several ways to consider the term health care --cost of insurance, quality of care...role in recognizing the importance of health care in the Detroit Region, as well as the...The legislation would also create more health care options for consumers by increasing...