DRUG WARS: HEALTH PLANS BLAST CALIF. REGULATORS FOR REQUIRING THEM TO...

Modern Healthcare;  May 10, 1999 ;   Rauber, Chris;   787 words ......there recently ordered six California health plans-including giants such as Health Net...industry insists that formularies help health plans use clinically effective and cost-effective...led by the California Association of Health Plans, last month blasted the California regulatory...

The big handoff; George Halvorson, the longtime CEO of HealthPartners,...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  May 5, 2002 ;   Howatt, Glenn;   787 words ......Minnesota's largest health plans was attractive...Permanente, where Halvorson officially began...With the move, Halvorson is in charge of...employees and health plans that stretch from...for health care. Halvorson will be in charge of Kaiser's health plans ...

Provider mergers pushing up prices: HMO. (HealthPartners President and CEO...

Business Insurance;  July 6, 1998 ;   Kazel, Robert;   787 words ......care executive says. George Halvorson, president and chief executive...at the American Assn. of Health Plans conference June 14-17 in...he said. According to Mr. Halvorson, 90% of smaller employers...HealthPartners' non-coalition health plans. Instead, Mr. Halvorson said, ...

Making it click; Providers are hanging up the phones and heading for the...

Modern Healthcare;  October 27, 2003 ;     787 words ......it comes to conducting business with health plans, the mouse is replacing the speed-dial button. Health plans, once widely accused of delaying payments...providers away from the telephone, health plans are competing to offer user-friendly...

National Survey Finds Employers are Challenging Health Plans to Better Use...

PR Newswire;  November 12, 2007 ;     787 words ......Business Coalition on Health (NBCH), health plans could do a better job of sharing important...gather health care data from nearly 200 health plans and health insurers. Over 100 million...every three Americans, are members of health plans that respond to the eValue8 RFI. This...

California Association of Health Plans and Rx2000 Solutions Institute...

PR Newswire;  September 16, 1999 ;     787 words ......first-of-its-kind collaborative effort, twelve member health plans of the California Association of Health Plans (CAHP) have contracted with the non-profit...continues, it could pose many problems for the health plans they contract with. The Rx2000/CAHP agreement...

Health plans report losses in '98.(NEWS)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  April 2, 1999 ;   Howatt, Glenn;   787 words ......Minnesota Council of Health Plans, a trade group for...of 2.5 million. But health plans do have to make premiums...changes to the HMOs and health plans that consumers are...their investments, most health plans earned enough money...is so unpredictable, health ...

LESS IS MORE: HEALTH PLANS, PROVIDERS SHOULD LIMIT THEIR CONTRACTS TO GAIN...

Modern Healthcare;  October 4, 1999 ;   Friedrich, Greg Kerr, Daniel;   743 words ...More is not always better. In fact, health plans and providers might benefit by limiting...Especially as the industry consolidates, health plans can stand out from competitors by having...of reducing network size. Benefits to health plans. Some health plans already have ...

Health plans urged to provide more data.(HR News)(National Business...

HRMagazine;  January 1, 2008 ;   Miller, Stephen;   475 words ...Health plans could, and should, do a better job of...and treatment for chronic conditions. Health plans are collecting information that would...president and CEO. The NBCH is calling on health plans to better utilize the trove of claims...

Shying Away From the Poll Position; Some Health Plans Resist an Effort to...

The Washington Post;  April 27, 1994 ;   David S. Hilzenrath;   787 words ......difficult time persuading some major health plans to join a nationwide survey of patient...comparative information about hundreds of health plans that participate in the Federal Employees...consumers to compare the quality of health plans is central to the system of managed...

Health Plans Cited for Excellence by Sachs Group

U.S. Newswire;  April 15, 1999 ;     401 words ......released today by the Alliance of Community Health Plans: In a ranking of health plans from around the nation, not-for- profit and...wellness information. Eight of the top 16 health plans identified for the 1999 Sachs HMO Honor Roll...

Health plans today expand care levels

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  July 12, 1998 ;   KAREN IGNAGNI;   451 words ...Health plans have advanced the cause of patients...of the most important victories that health plans have won for patients' rights is to...protected against inappropriate care. Health plans promote quality care by emphasizing...

Medicaid HMOs to get 10%; Health plans' premium rise comes from rebidding...

Crain's Detroit Business;  June 5, 2000 ;   Barkholz, David;   787 words ...Health plans participating in the state's Medicaid...Leadership Policy Conference. Hospitals and health plans with large blocks of Medicaid business...million on the backs of providers and health plans that agreed to cut their premiums and...

STUDY: EMPLOYERS DON'T PUSH HEALTH PLANS.

Modern Healthcare;  August 23, 1999 ;   Shinkman, Ron;   504 words ......large employers don't lean on their health plans enough to improve the plans' performance...to optimize their relationships with health plans. Employers surveyed averaged 20,000...nation include: * Periodically auditing health plans. * Comparing plan performance with specific...

New Microsoft Initiative Provides Health Plans With Technology That...

PR Newswire;  April 17, 2006 ;     787 words ......announced the launch of Knowledge Driven Health Plans, the company's shared vision and solutions...plan industry. Under the initiative, health plans can leverage the deep industry expertise...collaborative environment, people across health plans are empowered to drive innovations ...